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Boeing starts assembly of final KC-46A test aircraft

Washington, Usa - On track to complete all 4 test aircraft by midyear

Boeing is assembling the fourth and final KC-46A test aircraft for the US Air Force’s next-generation aerial refueling tanker program at the company’s Everett factory, keeping the program on track to deliver the initial 18 tankers to the Air Force by 2017. The aircraft are commercial derivatives of the B-767 jetliner; their design features aerial refueling capabilities that will be installed lat...

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Rome, Italy, 01/17/2014 18:12
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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