Thanks to the many Daily Report eNewsletter readers who contacted us about the typo in the May 26 column concerning the C-27A advisory unit in Afghanistan. As with most such typos, we had already corrected the entry in the online DR column, but too late for the overnight eNewsletter version. Please do let us know when we err, especially when it is a factual error.—the DR editors
The Air Force and Boeing agreed to a nearly $2.4 billion contract for a new lot of KC-46 aerial tankers on Nov. 21. The deal, announced by the Pentagon, is for 15 new aircraft in Lot 11 at a cost of $2.389 billion—some $159 million per tail.