Loren Thompson,Forbes
When Boeing celebrated the centennial of its 1916 founding last year, there was much speculation about what the company's jetliners might study like after another hundred years in commerce. In the case of at least one airframe, and though,speculating is not required. There's a genuine possibility that the modern KC-46 Pegasus aerial-refueling tanker Boeing is building for the Air Force will still be flying a century from now.
KC-46 is replacing the 175 oldest tankers in the current fleet, which are based on the same Dash-80 design that gave rise to the Boeing 707 jetliner. Over 800 of these...
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