USAF exploring single-pilot KC-46 operations
The US Air Force is investigating an option to fly the Boeing KC-46 Pegasus tanker with just a…
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USAF KC-46A conducts first air refueling of CV-22 Osprey
A United States Air Force (USAF) Boeing KC-46A Pegasus refueled a CV-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft belonging to the…
USAF crew completes 24.2-hour flight in Boeing KC-46 tanker
A crew of the U.S. Air Force 22nd Air Refueling Wing conducted a 24.2-hour flight on a KC-46A…
USAF KC-46A carries out first foreign aircraft refueling
A Boeing KC-46A Pegasus of the United States Air Force (USAF) refueled several F-18 Hornets belonging to the…
Boeing paid $400M charge for KC-46 in 2021
Boeing disclosed $402 million pre-tax in charges for the troubled KC-46A Pegasus tanker in 2021. While less costly…
Israel’s request for early KC-46 delivery rejected by the US
The United States has rejected a demand from the Israeli Air Force to facilitate the early delivery of…
Israel wants to speed up KC-46 deliveries
Israel has requested that the US increase deliveries of Boeing KC-46 tankers over the next two years, doubling…
Boeing KC-46A Pegasus conducts first alert launch and response
For the first time, a KC-46 Pegasus has conducted an “alert launch and response”, the United States Air…
Lockheed, Airbus offer enhanced A330 MRTT tanker for USAF
Lockheed Martin presented the LMXT, a variant of the Airbus A330 MRTT that it has tailored for the…
Boeing KC-46 gets USAF approval to begin limited refueling missions
The Boeing KC-46A aerial tanker got a green light from the US Air Force Air Mobility Command (AMC)…
USAF prepares next stage of tanker fleet modernization with KC-Y tender
The modernization of the US Air Force tanker fleet is about to enter a new phase, called the…
USAF capabilities jeopardized by air refueling problems
Following the induction of the Boeing KC-46 Pegasus tanker on January 10, 2019, multiple voices pointed at the…
USAF orders 12 more KC-46 tankers from Boeing
Boeing received an additional order for 12 KC-46A Pegasus aerial refueling and transport aircraft from the United States…
Meta Aerospace to fill in for Boeing KC-46 Pegasus deficiencies
Meta Aerospace announced it received the first of four former Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) Boeing KC-135R…
US Air Force retires KC-10 Extender, making way for Boeing KC-46
A first McDonnell-Douglas KC-10A Extender was flown to the Davis Monthan storage facility in Arizona. The U.S. Air…