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Update on problem-plagued Air Force KC-46 headed for Oklahoma
A report in Aviation Week includes a comprehensive assessment of the problem-plagued KC-46, the next-generation aerial refueler now in development by Boeing and scheduled to be based and maintained in Oklahoma once combat ready. The Pegasus will be serviced at Tinker Air Force Base and flight crews for the new plane will train at Altus Air Force new KC-46 Base. Boeing is scheduled to deliver the first planes to Altus in 2017. (newsok.com) Daha Fazlası...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Osama, oops, Obama fired all the people who knew how to get things done and replaced them with "Yes Men(?)".
I refuse to provide marketing data to Google in order to read online content.
Boeing thought the project was going to be a little more off-the-shelf by borrowing what was already in the 767. As it turns out, a lot of the work was not up to the military standards and requirements for redundancy, location, etc. So, a back pedal and redo was required and it sounds like the fuel plumbing was a victim of the process. What do you expect when Boeing is constantly dumping its engineers to the curb instead of cycling thru to other projects. No follow-thru and transfer of knowledge when they can layoff to "right" their financial misplanning. A lesson Boeing didn't learn with the 747 and it still hasn't been learned today.
This is similar to a Labor-Management observation that you get the unions you deserve. Short course on how to be a non-union shop and stay that way: Treat your people as you would expect to be treated, or better, and they will not need a union. Treat your people badly and you will get a bad union. The similarity: You get the Vendors you deserve. Many companies will not apply for a government contract as the process is a nightmare, and if you mistakenly win, the nightmare gets worse.
In Wichita we are excited for the planes to get here; we have a lot of great refueling crews.
I heard that the specs for the C-47 filled a notebook, and the specs for the C-130 filled a C-47. But like Tom...I too am strong military supporter.
Story says it all: the plumbing can't get the fuel from the supply to the customer (it's buried in the phrase 'faulty plumbing'). And don't ask 'how hard can it be' because if it were easy Cessna would be designing tankers. :-)