The Air Force has awarded Boeing a new $1.1 billion contract to provide programmed depot maintenance for KC-135 tankers over the next 10 years. In a company statement, Pat Finneran, president of Boeing Support Systems, said that Boeing has sustained the KC-135 PDM program since 1998 “always on time … with proven results.”
President Donald Trump’s nominee for Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff touted his highly unusual background for the job as an asset and reaffirmed his commitment to stay apolitical during a confirmation hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee on April 1.