Originally Posted by
ErwinS
I am just stunned how Boeing can mess this up for over so many years. The airframe is proven, 767.
Italy and Japan are flying for years with the KC-767.
But somehow Boeing has so much trouble with the KC-46. Just beyond me such icompetence.....
It is stunning. It's not like the means of securing cargo is an unsolved challenge - re: C-130, C-141, C-5, C-17. Boeing (or Air Force?) chose a different method or different materials, but why? Whatever the reason, it defines "dumb as dirt"!