Boeing Delivers First KC-46 To Japan

USAF Boeing KC-46A refuels an A-10.
Credit: Robert Sullivan
Boeing delivered the first KC-46A refueling tanker to the Japan Air Self-Defense Force on Oct. 28, marking the first international delivery for the program. Japan has ordered four of the tankers, which will join its existing refueling fleet of two KC-130Hs and two Boeing KC-767s. The country placed...
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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