Air Force Says Boeing Tanker’s Camera Repair to Take Another 19 Months
Two KC-46 refuel the U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, the Blue Angels.
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The US Air Force has concluded it will take an additional 19 months for Boeing Co. to start installing an improved version of the flawed camera-based refueling system on its KC-46 refueling planes, according to the service.
“After thoroughly evaluating all the data and assumptions that went in to the current schedule” the Air Force and Boeing determined that achieving an “Operational Military Flight Release” for the upgrade will slip from March 2024 to October 2025, Major Josh Benedetti, an Air Force spokesman, said in a statement.