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Air Force

Two of Six KC-46 Category I Deficiencies Resolved, AMC Says

Frank Wolfe

Monday, February 1st, 2021

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Two of Six KC-46 Category I Deficiencies Resolved, AMC Says

The KC-46 Remote Vision System uses Collins Aerospace cameras to help steer refueling booms (U.S. Transportation Command Photo)

The U.S. Air Force has resolved two of the six Category I deficiencies for the Boeing [BA] KC-46 tanker, the commander of Air Mobility Command (AMC), Air Force Gen. Jacqueline Van Ovost, said on Feb. 1. "We just released as of Friday night, we went from six Cat I deficiencies down to four Category I deficiencies," she told reporters during a Defense Writers Group virtual session. "We eliminated the Auxiliary Power Unit [APU] deficencies. Those two deficiencies that we eliminated…

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