U.S. Air Force Expects KC-46 Deliveries To Resume Next Month

Brian Everstine July 13, 2023

A KC-46 at Yokota Air Base, Japan, in 2022.

Credit: U.S. Air Force
JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii—The U.S. Air Force expects to resume accepting deliveries of KC-46s next month after an extended pause as Boeing and supplier Daher have addressed quality issues on all newly built 767s. Only one KC-46 has been delivered to the Air Force so far this year, with...
Brian Everstine

Brian Everstine is the Pentagon Editor for Aviation Week, based in Washington, D.C. Before joining Aviation Week in August 2021, he covered the Pentagon for Air Force Magazine. Brian began covering defense aviation in 2011 as a reporter for Military Times.

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