KC-46A testing glitches could delay USAF tanker milestone

By 2017-09-19T16:43:32

​Despite earlier assurances that Boeing would deliver the US Air Force's first 767-based KC-46A tanker by the end of this year, boom scraping issues and a slew of uncompleted test points may delay delivery until 2018, the head of its Air Mobility Command has revealed.

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