Lawmakers are beginning to weigh how the fiscal 2021 defense policy bill could help solve the KC-46 tanker program’s woes and speed its introduction into regular operations. Congress could dictate the terms of how Boeing should fix the tanker’s faulty remote vision system and how ...
Chief of Staff Gen. David Goldfein told Senate legislators March 3 the service will not use the new KC-46 tanker unless absolutely necessary to fight a powerful adversary. The wide-ranging Senate Armed Services Committee hearing—the first of multiple chances the Air Force has this week ...
The Air Force expects to start installing a fix to the problem that is restricting the KC-46 from carrying passengers and cargo next month, once the proposed step finishes Federal Aviation Administration certification. The service in September announced this newest “category one” deficiency on the ...