What's Ahead in Aerospace: Roche: Study showing viability of KC-135 fleet is faulty

OLD DATA: A February 2001 Air Force report saying the KC-135 tanker fleet is structurally viable until 2040 was based on faulty data, according to Air Force Secretary James Roche. "As we look back at that report, we would not have submitted it. We used old data, and it just compared the rising costs...

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