Transportation Commander Calls for Improving Tanker Maintenance
11/15/2017
By Connie Lee
As the Air Force continues its effort to replace its aging tankers, one senior official is sounding the alarm about the need to improve maintenance to keep the aircraft flying.
Replacing the current fleet of KC-135 Stratotankers is one of the Air Force’s top modernization priorities. The service in 2011 awarded Boeing a contract to develop the KC-46 Pegasus aerial refueling tanker. Officials are also mulling a potential follow-on program called the KC-Y.
http://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/articles/2017/11/15/ustranscom-commander-calls-for-improving-tanker-maintenance
