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RickyRadar wrote:Happy New Year! FIrst post ever for me. Anyone have the delivery information on these tankers? I'm talking about the paperwork transfer date, that you USED to be able to see on the BOE website. I know the "delivery date" for the P-8A Poseidon is the date of first flight, but I can't find anything similar for these 767s. I can find the day it flies away on "delivery" to the USAF, but that's not the date to the "BDS USAF Tanker Program". Any help is appreciated!!
LyleLanley wrote:Slight thread jack, but USAF delivery and acceptance procedures also played a role in how the O-2's were delivered to South East Asia in the 60s.
https://nightrustics.org/Delivery.htm
Very, very entertaining read!
LyleLanley wrote:Slight thread jack, but USAF delivery and acceptance procedures also played a role in how the O-2's were delivered to South East Asia in the 60s.
https://nightrustics.org/Delivery.htm
Very, very entertaining read!
LMP737 wrote:LyleLanley wrote:Slight thread jack, but USAF delivery and acceptance procedures also played a role in how the O-2's were delivered to South East Asia in the 60s.
https://nightrustics.org/Delivery.htm
Very, very entertaining read!
While most civilians would think how insane and non-sensical something like this is those of us were in the military just shrug our shoulders and say "Yeah, I can see that happening."
Revelation wrote:Contract awarded for 12 more KC-46: https://boeing.mediaroom.com/news-relea ... tem=130805
The Boeing Co., Seattle, Washington, has been awarded a $2,124,531,149 modification (P00232) to contract FA8625-11-C-6600 for Lot 7 production KC-46 aircraft, subscriptions and licenses and G081 flat file. The modification provides for the exercise of an option for an additional quantity of 15 KC-46 aircraft, data, subscriptions and licenses, and G081 flat file being produced under the basic contract.
Runway28L wrote:Pease received its 12th and final KC-46 from Boeing earlier today.
https://www.facebook.com/157ARW/posts/3795436040518554
https://www.instagram.com/p/CK7cxwTMZ8t/
texl1649 wrote:, I bet some former NG KC-45 folks are chuckling at the saga.
RobK wrote:96063 is painted correctly so the others are paint errors.
RobK wrote:RobK wrote:96063 is painted correctly so the others are paint errors.
Yet another duffer !
http://www.paineairport.com/kpae19181a.htm
So 57, 58, 59, 60 are all painted wrong. 63 painted correct. Not seen painted pics of 61 or 62 yet.
JayinKitsap wrote:Looking at the KC-46 spreadsheet (BTW thanks so much for whoever has been keeping this data current) https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/ ... 2121076296
it finally seems that the number of KC-46's lounging around PAE is dwindling. Really only 5 of the early frames on the list still to be delivered. Are they reworking the flight test aircraft for the USAF also, they have been sitting a long, long time.
747classic wrote:JayinKitsap wrote:Looking at the KC-46 spreadsheet (BTW thanks so much for whoever has been keeping this data current) https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/ ... 2121076296
it finally seems that the number of KC-46's lounging around PAE is dwindling. Really only 5 of the early frames on the list still to be delivered. Are they reworking the flight test aircraft for the USAF also, they have been sitting a long, long time.
Matt Cawby just happened to post a picture of L/N1092(N884BA) and L/N1098 at the Everett Modification Center during rework.
KPAE, April 9th 2021, small electrical fire extinguished in the lower cargo hold of L/N 1098.
Original uploaded by MattCawby at twitter, see : https://twitter.com/mattcawby/status/13 ... 4283044864
Aircraft data :
L/N 1092 C/N 41983 B767-2LKC N884BA 15-46006 USAF KC46A (VH006) LRIP 1, #2/7
L/N 1098 C/N 41855 B767-2LKC 15-46007 USAF KC46A (VH007)LRIP 1, #3/7, tail 56007
RobK wrote:RobK wrote:96063 is painted correctly so the others are paint errors.
Yet another duffer !
http://www.paineairport.com/kpae19181a.htm
So 57, 58, 59, 60 are all painted wrong. 63 painted correct. Not seen painted pics of 61 or 62 yet.
“They’re trying to recover some of their costs on the back end, and they’re starting to recover their costs basically on some of these spares,” said one government official with knowledge of the contract discussions.
One part in particular now costs 15 times what the Air Force previously paid for it, the official said.
"...is due to significant shifts in prices for aerospace spare parts over the last year, driven by unprecedented challenges to the commercial aerospace market.”
JayinKitsap wrote:Could it be the contract for these lights on the production line were done years ago in a decent batch of say 30 items