For the second time in two months, the US Air Force has stopped accepting deliveries of new Boeing KC-46 tanker and refueling aircraft after debris was again found in some of the planes coming off the production line
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"We actually stopped again the acceptance of the KC-46s because of foreign object debris that we found in some closed compartments," Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson told Congress Tuesday. "We've got corrective action in place, including in some of those closed compartments to make sure that the production line is being run the way that it needs to be run," she said.
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