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Boeing Delivers Third and Fourth KC-46 Tankers to Air Force with Help from VIP Pilots

By Vivienne Machi

Thursday, January 31st, 2019

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Boeing Delivers Third and Fourth KC-46 Tankers to Air Force with Help from VIP Pilots

A KC-46A tanker takes off from Boeing Field outside Seattle en route to McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, Jan. 31, 2019. The program suffered $275 million in charges in the fourth quarter of 2020. Photo: Boeing

Boeing [BA] on Thursday delivered two new KC-46A Pegasus aerial refueling aircraft to the Air Force, less than one week after the initial two tankers took off from the company’s Everett Delivery Center in Washington State and arrived at their new home at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas. This time, the company received some assistance from two high-profile Air Force pilots to send the third and fourth tankers to McConnell: Gen. Paul Selva, the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs…

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