This decision provides more daily “taskable” operational capabilities to the joint team and increases capacity for tanker fleet requirements. Air Mobility…
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USAF seeks companies able to provide commercial derivative tanker aircraft to supplement its tanker aircraft fleet at the end of KC-46A production
by Dario LeoneThe KC-135 will be 70 years old when the Air Force expects to receive its last KC-46 delivery in 2029, and…
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The first 12 JASDF aircrew students have started their training on operating the KC-46 Pegasus
by Dario LeoneTo be fully qualified to operate the KC-46 Pegasus, over the course of three months the JASDF students went through the…
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KC-46 can’t refuel the A-10 and some variants of the C-130 because USAF Did Not Effectively Oversee Development of its Refueling Boom
by Dario LeoneResults of tests conducted in 2018 showed the boom was problematic when the company tried to test full functionality of the…
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A Japanese KC-46 tanker becomes the first Pegasus for an international customer to complete successful first flight
by Dario LeoneJapan is the KC-46 program’s first international customer and is scheduled to receive its first jet this year. The first Boeing…
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USAF awards Boeing $2.1 Billion for the Next KC-46 Production Lot. The company is now on contract for 94 Pegasus tankers.
by Dario LeoneBoeing is assembling KC-46A aircraft at its Everett, Washington, facility, where it also continues production of the KC-46 tanker for Japan.…
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“USAF should not retire KC-135s and KC-10s to avoid tanker shortage while KC-46 is delayed,” head of US Transportation Command says
by Dario LeoneThe USAF wants to cut 29 KC-135s and KC-10s, but the House and Senate’s drafts of the 2021 defense policy bill blocks KC-135…
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Deliveries to the Japan Air Self-Defense Force will begin in 2021. On Sep. 17, 2020 the first KC-46 Pegasus aerial refueling…
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Video shows F-16s using laser weapons pods to protect KC-46A from enemy missiles
by Dario LeoneLockheed Martin in fact is developing Tactical Airborne Laser Weapon System (TALWS) technology to protect warfighters on the battlefield. The interesting…
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Cool photos show Seymour Johnson KC-46 Pegasus refueling local F-15E Strike Eagles for first time
F-15E Strike Eagle from the 336th Fighter Squadron at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base were refueled by the KC-46, the first…
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