Based on the program laid out in the KC-X tanker request for proposal issued on Wednesday, the Air Force plans to take delivery of the first production-version KC-X airframe in Fiscal 2015, according to Air Force spokeswoman Lt. Col. Karen Platt. And the service anticipates having enough of the new tankers in place in Fiscal 2017—18 aircraft, to be exact—so it can proceed to the review that will decide if the first KC-X unit is ready for operations, she told the Daily Report Thursday. The Air Force plans to buy 179 KC-X tankers over 13 production lots to replace the oldest of its Eisenhower-era KC-135s. Four of these will be built during the KC-X program’s engineering and manufacturing development phase and used as test assets. After the flight test activities conclude, Platt said they will be modified into the full production configuration. Continue
Dick Cheney’s Legacy with the Air Force
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Dick Cheney, who died Nov. 3 at 84, is best remembered by most Americans as among the most powerful Vice Presidents in history, a consummate Washington insider who had previously served in the Nixon administration, was Chief of Staff for President Gerald Ford, a Congressman for a decade, and Secretary…
