Boeing's KC-46 Tanker Finally Delivers

摘要

Boeing and the U.S. Air Force are now set to move on from a two-year impasse over the KC-46 tanker aircraft's unresolved deficiencies. For Boeing, this means recouping development losses by finally delivering and eventually sustaining 179 aircraft. The Air Force, meanwhile, is already looking beyond the KC-46 for its future aerial refueling requirements. After a two-year delay, the first two KC-46s were set to depart on Jan. 25 from Boeing's factory in Everett to McConnell AFB, Kansas. The delivery closes a chapter in the eight-year saga of the KC-46 development program, but the story continues.