Wednesday’s entry, Planning for the Worst, incorrectly identified the AFA chapter that sponsored Maj. Gen. Edward Bolton’s talk on Air Force budget issues at AFA’s national headquarters in Arlington, Va. AFA’s Nation’s Capital Chapter sponsored the event. We’ve corrected the entry.
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.