Originally Posted by Excargodog

Just the problems they've had on the KC-46 program (and the money they've lost because of it) shows that there is something deeply wrong at Boeing. The airframe of the KC-46 is the 767 which was FAA certified in July of 1982. To say it is a mature airframe is an understatement. Yet the Air Force twice stopped deliveries of the KC-46, not just for boom problems but for basic airframe manufacturing problems.
https://www.defensenews.com/digital-show-dailies/air-warfare-symposium/2019/03/01/air-force-suspends-kc-46-tanker-deliveries/
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https://rollcall.com/2019/04/02/air-force-halts-deliveries-of-boeing-tankers-for-second-time/

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