Boeing issued a news release last week to ensure the Air Force knows the company plans to “compete aggressively” to be able to continue working KC-135 and KC-10 maintenance, repair, overhaul, and logistics in San Antonio, at the site of the old San Antonio Air Logistics Center. The news statement says Boeing is “taking nothing for granted,” even though it is the incumbent and performing “very well.”
Gen. Timothy Ray, head of Global Strike Command, toured the bomber test enterprise in early May, getting a firsthand look at progress in building the B-21 bomber a year from its expected first flight. The program has recently received high marks from service leaders and members of Congress.