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Old 7th Mar 2023, 16:17
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So, at a time when the threat is in the Pacific theatre where range and fuel offload is at a premium, they’re binning the KC-Y large KC-10 replacement to buy more shorter range KC-46.

That makes sense for Boeing, not the DoD.
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