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USAF to Certify New Material for Polarization Appliques to Allow KC-46 Operation in Chem-Bio Environments

USAF to Certify New Material for Polarization Appliques to Allow KC-46 Operation in Chem-Bio Environments
Senior Master Sgt. Barry Bradley (left), a boom operator with the 916th Air Refueling Wing's 77th Air Refueling Squadron (ARS), and Senior Master Sgt. Mark McelMurry (right), 77th ARS superintendent, prepare for takeoff to joint Mission Generation Exercise 2023 from Seymour Johnson AFB, N.C. on Jan. 5th (U.S. Air Force Photo)

Gear that will allow boom operators on the Boeing [BA] KC-46A Pegasus tanker to continue their work in chemical and biological agent environments is a requirement that the U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center is working through. Next year, AFLCMC is planning to certify new self-protection material for boom operators in tankers with the Remote Vision System (RVS) 1.0 and to field a new self-protection design under RVS 2.0 (Defense Daily, June 26). AFLCMC said that the KC-46 does…

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