WICHITA, Kan., Jan. 7, 1997 -- The U.S. Air Force has awarded
The Boeing Company a $10 million contract to re-engine 10 KC-135 Stratotanker
aircraft for foreign military sales.
The re-engine program involves replacing the current J57 engines with
quieter, more fuel-efficient CFM56 engines, retrofitting struts and nacelles
to accommodate the new engines, and making other system modifications.
This award brings the total number of KC-135 Stratotankers to be re-engined
to 424 since Boeing began the program in 1982. Boeing has delivered 411
re-engined KC-135s over the last 15 years.
Work will be performed by the Product Support Division in Wichita. The
contract will run through April 1998.
