USAF: Boeing ‘Embarrassed’ By KC-46A Debris Problems

Credit: Steve Trimble/AWST
The U.S. Air Force will begin accepting Boeing KC-46As later this month and the company’s senior leadership is “embarrassed” by the foreign object debris (FOD) problem at its Everett, Washington, facility, according to the service's acquisition chief. The service halted delivery of the KC-46A...

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