The aircraft is the last in a long line of converted tankers to serve with the Marine Corps, which used legacy KC-130s that ...

USAF Expects KC-46 Deliveries To End In 2031, KC-135 Recap To Follow is published in Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, an Aviation Week Intelligence Network (AWIN) Market Briefing and is included with ...

Service: USAF Propulsion: 2x Pratt & Whitney 4062 engines Speed: 530 mph Range ... 58 total The Boeing-built KC-46 tanker is a military version of the 767 commercial aircraft.

As a space buff, I knew the KC-135 was used to train astronauts for weightlessness. But its main mission is USAF aircraft ...

GRAPEVINE, Texas—The past few years for the U.S. Air Force’s mobility crews have been marked by a constant high pace of ...

Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works advanced projects division has put forward a new notional vision for a stealthy pilot-optional aerial refueling tanker. This comes as the U.S. Air Force is refining ...

If Boeing's new leadership proves out, the new union agreement is ratified, and other changes are made, it might "finally" be ...

Sep 8, 2024 Sep 8, 2024 Updated Sep 15, 2024 NEWINGTON — The New Hampshire Air National Guard became the first to receive the new KC-46A Pegasus refueling tankers in 2019, and now history is ...

Travis Air Force Base uses what is considered one of the most advanced simulators in the world, a multi-million simulator to mold trainees into skilled pilots to operate the massive KC-46 Pegasus.

A KC-46A Pegasus refuels a Navy F/A-18F Super Hornet off the coast of Maryland on July 1, 2020. (Lt. Zach Fisher/Navy) The Air Force announced seven potential landing spots on Oct. 3 for its ...

Boeing, where union workers turned down 35% pay hikes, is in big trouble. Both its commercial and defense sides are losing money, just as China comes on.

“The first of eight aircraft are scheduled to arrive in 2031.” McConnell-based KC-46 completes around-the-world flight in 45 hours The possible locations include: Bangor Air National Guard ...