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Sat, Oct 10, 2026, 16:21:05 MT

SIMPLE FLYING · DEFENSE

THE PROPOSED COCKPIT UPGRADE THAT COULD KEEP 376 BOEING KC-135S RELEVANT INTO THE 2050S...

L3Harris has proposed a comprehensive overhaul of the flight deck on the Eisenhower-era Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker as the US Air Force struggles to keep the half-century-old fleet operational.

SCOTT: Watch the airframe and the training pipeline, not the parade footage. Programs live or die in the schoolhouse.

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