Boeing issued a news release last week to ensure the Air Force knows the company plans to “compete aggressively” to be able to continue working KC-135 and KC-10 maintenance, repair, overhaul, and logistics in San Antonio, at the site of the old San Antonio Air Logistics Center. The news statement says Boeing is “taking nothing for granted,” even though it is the incumbent and performing “very well.”
An important U.S. Air Force E-3 Sentry AWACS command and control plane was among the aircraft damaged in a March 27 Iranian missile and drone attack on Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia, people familiar with the matter told Air & Space Forces Magazine.