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KC-Y Requirements Slated for This Fall, Followed by Acquisition Decision Next Spring

KC-Y Requirements Slated for This Fall, Followed by Acquisition Decision Next Spring
A KC-46A Pegasus from McConnell AFB Kansas taxis down the ramp as another Pegasus is being refueled for the next day’s mission on June 8 at Yokota Air Base, Japan. The KC-46As conducted Air Mobility Command’s Employment Concept Exercise 22-06 providing air refueling capabilities to the Indo-Pacific Theater (U.S. Air Force Photo)

The U.S. Air Force may issue a set of requirements for the commercial derivative KC-Y tanker this fall, followed by an acquisition decision next spring. "We're waiting for requirements to come out from the Air Force," Paul Waugh, the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center's program executive officer for mobility and training aircraft, said on Aug. 11. "We think it will be sometime in the fall. Once we've got a set of requirements, we can figure out what the acquisition…

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