A KC-46 takes off on a delivery flight from Boeing Field in Seattle in December 2023.
Credit: U.S. Air Force
The U.S. Air Force has not taken delivery of KC-46 tankers from Boeing in more than two months as a new issue on the aircraft’s boom was discovered during inspections. Boeing to date has delivered 82 KC-46s to the Air Force, and four more to the Japan Air Self Defense Force. The service says in a...
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