
Credit: Paul Weatherman/Boeing
The U.S. Air Force’s decades-long quest to recapitalize its aging KC-135 tanker fleet is entering its most critical phase: an intense aerial refueling demonstration that, if successful, will clear the final hurdle to an initial KC-46A production contract. Remarkably, it’s been nearly 36 years since...
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