La USAF espera el primer vuelo de su futuro avión cisterna (KC-X), que sustituirá al KC-135, en 2012, y espera que las primeras misiones puedan realizarse en 2017. Está planeado comprar cuatro aviones de prueba y los primeros siete de producción deben estar en producción para 2013, entrando el primero en servicio en 2015. La RFP (request for proposals), emitida el 24 de febrero, oblige a que deben haberse entregado 18 aviones antes de finales de 2017, para conseguir la capacidad operativa inicial.
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The U.S. Air Force expects a first flight for its KC-X, which would replace the KC-135, tanker by 2012 and hopes to have the plane flying refueling missions by 2017
The service expects to buy four test airplanes that will be used for test flights and later be modified into production aircraft. The Pentagon plans to have the first lot of seven new tankers in production by fiscal 2013, with the first aircraft delivered to the Air Force in fiscal 2015. The request for proposals, released Feb. 24, also requires that 18 aircraft be delivered by 2017. Once this happens, the service will look at whether the aircraft have reached their initial operational capability, clearing them to perform basic aerial refueling missions.
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