The Air Force has awarded Boeing a new $1.1 billion contract to provide programmed depot maintenance for KC-135 tankers over the next 10 years. In a company statement, Pat Finneran, president of Boeing Support Systems, said that Boeing has sustained the KC-135 PDM program since 1998 “always on time … with proven results.”
The U.S. began extensive air and artillery strikes against Islamic State group targets in Syria on Dec. 19 in retaliation for the killing of three Americans on Dec. 13 by a gunman affiliated with ISIS, U.S. officials said.
