"What are you doing with modernization and service life extensions to be able to keep KC-135s available for a longer period of time?"
"Well, General Lyons stated that it was significant risk associated with the OSD CAPE assessment of what the tanker force structure would be numbers-wise."
"I want to make sure, too, that we are keeping in mind because we talk about time all the time..."
"What my element is, is I want some specific definition about the time to completion on corrective action."
"Yes, there would be a lot of--a lot of patients in ICU."
"Listen, KC-135 is a great aircraft, great maintenance crews there, but you know, we talk about the B-52 being old, KC-135, some of these aircrafts are even older, so there is a whole element there in ..."
"I asked him the question specifically, would you quantify significant risk as unacceptable. And he answered in the affirmative."
"Is that 6-year window, that assessment, is that about correct?"
"As we are looking to get to the 479 number and the delivery of KC-46As and the challenges that we're having KC-46As with cameras and booms, we are going to have to keep KC-135s it appears to me longer..."
"He did. I asked him the question specifically, would you quantify significant risk as unacceptable. And he answered in the affirmative."
"One other thing too which lends itself to that is, as we are looking to get to the 479 number and the delivery of KC-46As and the challenges that we're having KC-46As with cameras and booms, we are go..."