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Japan will buy new Boeing KC-46A aerial refueling tankers in a deal worth roughly $1.9 billion, U.S. officials said late Sept. 21. The Pentagon said the State Department has approved Japan’s request for a foreign military sale (FMS) of four next-generation tankers—one of the U.S. Air Force’s own top...
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