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Thu, Sep 3, 2026, 12:55:31 MT

TWZ · DEFENSE

UK GOVERNMENT COMMITS TO BOOM REFUELING FOR RAF TANKERS...

The United Kingdom is moving toward adding a flying-boom aerial refueling capability to the Royal Air Force (RAF), a requirement being driven in large part by the future Tempest combat jet, being developed under the Global Combat Air Program (GCAP) initiative.

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

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