Boeing touts progress toward first KC-46 delivery during media tour

By Courtney Albon / May 4, 2018 at 2:40 PM
EVERETT, WA -- Boeing officials this week said the company is working "shoulder to shoulder" with the Air Force to deliver the first next-generation KC-46 tankers by the end of the year, telling reporters here the program's schedule problems are largely a thing of the past. Boeing Defense's Chief Executive Officer Leanne Caret told reporters during a May 3 tour of the company's Everett, WA, aircraft modification center that despite the recent revelation that the company had taken another $81...

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