Japan 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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Remote Vision System 2.0 could give Boeing KC-46 Pegasus autonomous aerial refueling capability
by Dario LeoneThe improved RVS 2.0 that Boeing will install on the KC-46 aerial refueling tanker includes LiDAR sensors that could allow autonomous…
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“USAF Won’t Use KC-46 unless absolutely necessary,” Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Goldfein Says
by Dario LeoneGoldfein still isn’t comfortable enough with KC-46 Pegasus tanker to let it fly regular missions. Instead, the Air Force will only…
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The first global circumnavigation for the KC-46A Pegasus provided extensive training opportunities for maintainers and aircrew at multiple locations on a…
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USAF Awards Boeing $55 Million Contract to fix Too Stiff KC-46 Refueling Boom
by Dario LeoneThe Government Accountability Office said in a June report that it could take years to fix the tanker’s refueling boom, which has…
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