The Air Force has agreed to pay Boeing $14 million over five years to provide communications and network systems expertise for unmanned aerial vehicles, according to a company statement. The support includes developing crew training requirements, coordinating communications, establishing air space policies, and providing worldwide platform basing.
More than 20 tankers lined the runway at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., on March 27, for an “elephant walk” and the base’s largest mass launch of aircraft ever. Sixteen KC-46s and five KC-135s participated in the flush, with aircraft and Airmen from the 22nd Air Refueling Wing and the 931st…