Boeing officials at AFA’s Air Warfare Symposium Thursday, meanwhile, said to watch for an announcement Monday on their preferred solution for the KC-X competition. They’re giving nothing away prematurely; Boeing’s displays at AFA’s symposium Thursday features both the KC-767 and the KC-777 variants of Boeing airliners.
Air Force Gen. Jacqueline D. Van Ovost—a trailblazer and one of the first 10 women to reach a four-star rank across the U.S. military—retired and passed control of U.S. Transportation Command to Air Force Gen. Randall Reed on Oct. 4, finishing an eventful tenure at TRANSCOM.