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KC-46A May Enter Critical Design Review This Year

KC-46A May Enter Critical Design Review This Year
A KC-46 on the flight line at Altus AFB, OKla. in May, 2019 (U.S. Air Force Photo)

TUKWILA, Wash.--Boeing [BA] said it delivered its 61st KC-46A Pegasus tanker to the U.S. Air Force on June 14, as the program prepares for a critical design review (CDR) later this year. The 61 includes eight of eight training planes planned for Altus AFB, Okla.; 12 of 12 for Pease Air National Guard Base, N.H.; 11 of 12 for Seymour Johnson AFB, N.C.; 22 of 36 for McConnell AFB, Kan.; and seven of 24 for Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. Mike…

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