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December 25, 2013

Pratt & Whitney, Boeing Mark Delivery Of First PW4062 Engines For KC-46 Tankers

Over 350 Of The Engines To Be Delivered Through 2027

Pratt & Whitney and Boeing officials marked the delivery of the first PW4062 engines for the first KC-46 test aircraft during an event at Boeing's Everett, WA, facility this week.  Howie Chandler, vice president of business development, Pratt & Whitney Military Engines, and Maureen Dougherty, Boeing vice president and program manager, KC-46 Tanker Program, addressed approximately 200 employees on the shop floor of Building 40-32.

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Gone West: Korean War-Era Pilot Kenneth Schechter

Landed His Airplane After Being Blinded By Enemy Fire

His Skyraider had been hit. Fragments of the airplane had pierced his eyes. And somehow, Navy pilot Ensign Kenneth Schechter managed to land his crippled airplane at a remote Army dirt strip in Korea, guided by his best friend on the USS Valley Forge; Lt. j.g. Howard Thayer.

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