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Boeing Achieves First Successful KC-46 Tanker Test Flight

Pat Host

Monday, December 29th, 2014

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Boeing Achieves First Successful KC-46 Tanker Test Flight

Boeing [BA] and the Air Force successfully completed Sunday the first flight of the KC-46 aerial refueling tanker test program, according to a company statement.The aircraft, a Boeing 767-2C, took off from Paine Field, Wash., at 12:29 p.m. EST and landed three hours, 32 minutes later at Boeing Field. Boeing is building four test aircraft: two 767-2Cs and two KC-46A tankers. The 767-2Cs enter flight test as commercial freighters prior to receiving their aerial refueling systems while the KC-46s will…

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