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Department of the Air Force Focused on Mission Systems for Future Tanker to Succeed KC-46 and KC-135

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Department of the Air Force Focused on Mission Systems for Future Tanker to Succeed KC-46 and KC-135
Pictured is a U.S. Air Force photo of the arrival of Travis AFB, Calif.'s 22nd KC-46A Pegasus on Feb. 6.

The Department of the Air Force (DAF) said that it is focused on what mission systems a future tanker to succeed the Boeing [BA] KC-46A Pegasus tanker and the elder KC-135 will need. "While the DAF’s currently focused on a systems-based approach, we are not taking the development of the next-generation tanker off the table," the department said on Monday. Last week at the Air & Space Forces Association's (AFA) annual conference in National Harbor, Md., Air Force acquisition chief…

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