U.S. Air Force Again Halts Delivery of Boeing's Tanker Over Debris
- ‘Foreign object debris’ found, service Secretary Wilson Says
- ‘If you drop a wrench you have to find a wrench,’ she says
Boeing KC-46A Pegasus during a flight test.
Source: U.S. Air Force
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The Air Force has stopped accepting deliveries of Boeing Co.’s new refueling tanker aircraft for the second time in a month because of debris found in closed compartments, according to Secretary Heather Wilson.
The halt in deliveries of the KC-46A Pegasus is the latest issue to plague the $44 billion effort to create the first U.S.-built flying gas station for the Pentagon’s fleet since the KC-10A Extender in 1981.