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LONDON —Boeing predicts it will take additional cost overruns on the troubled VC-25B program to ensure it delivers the first new Air Force One planes by 2028, the company’s defense CEO said today. “I do expect to see some cost growth there as we come through [final assembly] and we finish off the wiring and the structures, as well as finishing off with certification,” Steve Parker, the head of Boeing’s defense unit, told reporters ahead of Farnborough Airshow this week. “That cost growth will be focused on making sure that we hit the 2028 time frame.” Parker declined to comment…

LONDON — US Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Kenneth Wilsbach has been in the seat for less than a year, but his tenure so far has been nothing short of eventful. Following his confirmation, the Air Force reversed a series of overhauls championed under the Biden administration. Months later, the Trump administration launched a war against Iran, which restarted last week after a ceasefire with Tehran collapsed. And in April, the White House unveiled a historic Pentagon budget proposal totaling $1.5 trillion.  In an interview with Breaking Defense — where Wilsbach also discussed a milestone for the Air Force’s…

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