Promised In 2005, 1st Tanker Arrives
January 28 2011
The Italian air force has received the first of four Boeing KC-767A tanker aircraft that was originally expected in 2005, Defense News reports.
The aircraft was flown from Boeing's Wichita, Kan., facility to the Italian air force's Pratica di Mare base south of Rome, air force officials said on Thursday.
Delivery is said to have slipped due to problems with a wing pylon and the hose and drogue system.
The second aircraft in the order is undergoing tests at Boeing and is...
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