US Air Force to purchase dozens more KC-46 tankers from Boeing

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Source: US Air Force

Ending long-standing uncertainty about its immediate plans for tanker recapitalisation, the air force says it will procure up to 75 additional KC-46 jets from Boeing, rather than hold a competition for a new tanker platform.

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