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Air Force Scrapping Tanker Plans, Switching to ‘Next-Generation’ Approach

The Air Force is abandoning its KC-Y and KC-Z approach to developing and procuring refueling tankers and is instead moving to a next-generation aerial refueling model like its program to develop a sixth-generation fighter, according to a senior Air Force official.

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