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Air Mobility Chief Says KC-46 Will Deliver In Sufficient Numbers To Supplant Legacy Tankers

Air Mobility Chief Says KC-46 Will Deliver In Sufficient Numbers To Supplant Legacy Tankers
A KC-46 refuels an A-10 during testing. Photo: Air Force.

Air Mobility Command (AMC) is set to take delivery of 15 KC-46 aerial refueling tankers a year once production begins and that rate should be sustainable while older tanker platforms are removed from service, according to AMC’s commanding general.Boeing [BA] is expected to deliver the first KC-46 tanker to the Air Force this year, at which time Everhart himself plans to take it for a maiden operational flight, he told reporters April 5 at a Defense Writers Group breakfast in…

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