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Boeing, Air Force Officials Lay Out Path Forward for Outstanding KC-46 Issues

By Vivienne Machi

Friday, January 25th, 2019

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Boeing, Air Force Officials Lay Out Path Forward for Outstanding KC-46 Issues

KC-46 refueling F-15E. Photo: Boeing

EVERETT, Wash. — While the Air Force’s first two KC-46A air refuelers departed Boeing’s [BA] Everett, Washington facility bound for McConnell Air Force Base in Kansas on Friday, they took off with two technical issues still unresolved. However, Boeing and Air Force officials expressed confidence Thursday that those issues will be fixed before the next key milestone is set to occur in summer 2020 and asserted that the KC-46A Pegasus was nonetheless ready to enter operational testing and evaluation. Bloomberg…

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