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Air Force shouldn’t proceed with production rate decision, GAO said

 A chemical mislabeled and fueled into the first KC-46A means a delay of one month of its first flight, the USAF said yesterday. Aug. 18, 2015, (c) Leeham Co. The US Air Force should not proceed with a… Read More

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 Posted on August 18, 2015 by Scott Hamilton

 air force tanker, Boeing

     767-2C, Boeing, Fairchild Air Force Base, GAO, Government Accountability Office, KC-46A, US Air Force, USAF

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