Boeing Falls Short Of 2023 KC-46 Delivery Goal To USAF

A KC-46 takes off from Boeing field in December 2023 en route to Travis AFB, California.

Credit: U.S. Air Force
Boeing fell short of its KC-46 tanker delivery target to the U.S. Air Force in 2023 following two separate delivery pauses due to contractual red tape and a fuel tank quality issue with its supplier. The company ended 2023 delivering 12 tankers to the service, down from the Air Force’s expectation...
Brian Everstine

Brian Everstine is the Pentagon Editor for Aviation Week, based in Washington, D.C. Before joining Aviation Week in August 2021, he covered the Pentagon for Air Force Magazine. Brian began covering defense aviation in 2011 as a reporter for Military Times.

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