Air Force to restart KC-46 deliveries next week; cracking issue resolved

Air Force to restart KC-46 deliveries next week; cracking issue resolved

The Air Force and Boeing have found a fix for cracking found on the structure of the KC-46 Pegasus, a top service official said today, following a Feb. 27 decision to temporarily pause all tanker deliveries until the issue was resolved. “We have begun the process to resume deliveries from Boeing and the first delivery is expected next week,” Darlene Costello, principal deputy assistant secretary of the Air Force for acquisition, technology and l…

KC-46 deliveries set to resume next week

The US Air Force halted acceptance of the troubled tanker in February, following cracks discovered on the aircraft’s “outboard fixed fixed-trailing-edge support structure.”