Boeing Closes Wichita Defense Plant, Backs Out Of Jobs Promise

Despite promises made only a year ago of job security if it won the U.S. Air Force’s KC-46A tanker program, Boeing says a changing climate for military work is forcing it to close its Wichita Defense, Space & Security plant by the end of 2013, shifting its work to lower-cost and more efficient...

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