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AMC Blocks Tail Flashes for Its KC-46s, Pushing Heritage Aside to Better Manage the Fleet

July 27, 2021 | By Brian W. Everstine
For decades, Air Force gray-tailed aircraft have displayed their home base and heritage with a small graphic on the plane’s tail, but that tradition will come to an end for much of the Air Force’s next-generation tanker fleet. Air Mobility Command has ended the policy ...

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