New Delivery Delay Adds To Boeing KC-46 Woes

Brian Everstine May 28, 2024

Three KC-46As on runway in fog — Three KC-46s wait on the flightline at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst in New Jersey. The base has received the only KC-46s delivered so far this year.

Credit: Mark C. Olsen/New Jersey National Guard

Boeing started the first half of 2024 with a slowdown in KC-46 deliveries due to a new fault in the aircraft’s boom, setting back the company for the second year in a row. The U.S. Air Force tells Aviation Week that it had not accepted a new tanker from Boeing since March 1, after an inspection...

Brian Everstine

Brian Everstine is the Pentagon Editor for Aviation Week, based in Washington, D.C.

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