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Japan orders two more KC-46A airplanes

JASDF now slated for six tankers with two already delivered -DATA SHEET

Boeing has been awarded a contract to deliver two additional KC-46A Pegasus tankers to the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF), bringing the total on contract for Japan to six units. The US industry delivered the first KC-46A tanker to Japan in October 2021, and a second in February 2022.Designed to refuel all allied and coalition military aircraft compatible with international aerial refueling procedures,...

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Everett, Usa, 12/01/2022 09:21
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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