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Boeing has flown the fourth and final flight test aircraft for the KC-46A program, a 767-2C. This aircraft will be used to conduct environmental control system testing.
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During the transfer of fuel in mid-air from a KC-46 to a C-17, testers found that the boom’s axial load was higher than expected. This setback could delay the type’s Milestone C decision in May, the U.S. Air Force has said.
Boeing photo by John D. Parker
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The Pentagon’s Defense Contract Management Agency told Bloomberg that it “has low confidence in Boeing’s ability” to deliver the KC-46A tanker to the U.S. Air Force on time in August 2017.
Photo: Gail Hanusa, Boeing
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The second KC-46A aerial refueling tanker made its first flight from Paine Field in Everett on Mar. 2 and the aircraft later landed at Boeing Field in Seattle.
Photo: Gail Hanusa, Boeing
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The AV-8B Harrier is the latest aircraft to refuel in mid-air using the probe-and-drogue refueling method from the KC-46A.
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