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On-Time Acquisition of KC-46A and E-2D Among Top JASDF Priorities

Frank Wolfe

Friday, November 5th, 2021

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On-Time Acquisition of KC-46A and E-2D Among Top JASDF Priorities

An airman with the 374th Maintenance Squadron marshals a Boeing KC-46A Pegasus at Yokota Air Base, Japan on Oct. 23, 2018--the first time a KC-46A landed in Japan (U.S. Air Force Photo)

In the short term, two top acquisition priorities of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) are Boeing [BA] KC-46A Pegasus tankers and Northrop Grumman [NOC] E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft--planes also in the inventory of the U.S. Air Force, a top JASDF official said on Nov. 5. “We need to make every effort [for] on-schedule acquisition, preferably ahead of schedule," JASDF Chief of Staff Gen. Shunji “Bert” Izutsu said during a Stimson Center forum with U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Kevin…

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