With a design that differs from a traditional tube-and-wing aircraft, the blended wing body blends the aircraft body into its… Read More
‘When I was flying an A-7E configured with a buddy store tanking pod, the lowest I would go to catch… Read More
“Looking into the cargo compartment through the open cockpit door, one Crew Chief with a fire bottle between his knees,… Read More
Secretary Frank Kendall recently said that given China’s growing reach with precision missiles, the USAF must shift away from traditional… Read More
A KC-46A Pegasus a 36-hour non-stop endurance mission covering 16,000 miles, on Nov. 16-17, 2022 Air Mobility Command’s longest mission… Read More
The previous record for a KC-135 Stratotanker endurance mission was 40 hours. Two KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft simultaneously conducted 72-hour single-aircraft… Read More
The flight of three F-4 Phantom II fighter jets and the tanker continued banking around the storms while refueling when… Read More
The companies signed an agreement to expand the capabilities of Embraer’s KC-390 Millennium tactical tanker aircraft. L3Harris and Embraer announced… Read More
A KC-46 crew from the 157th Air Refueling Wing had to declare in-flight emergency during a New Hampshire National Guard… Read More
On a Wednesday in early August, Airmen from the 157th Air Refueling Wing took off from Pease Air National Guard… Read More
In the last 12 months, the KC-46A Pegasus tanker demonstrated growing operational capacity at a swift pace, despite restrictions and… Read More
The KC-46 is Air Mobility Command’s newest aerial refueling platform, and now after completing the 24-hour flight, holds AMC’s record… Read More
This decision provides more daily “taskable” operational capabilities to the joint team and increases capacity for tanker fleet requirements. Air… Read More
The KC-135 will be 70 years old when the Air Force expects to receive its last KC-46 delivery in 2029,… Read More
Results of tests conducted in 2018 showed the boom was problematic when the company tried to test full functionality of… Read More
Japan is the KC-46 program’s first international customer and is scheduled to receive its first jet this year. The first… Read More
“Flying upside down underneath a tanker while in a thunderstorm on instruments with a full fuel and bomb load was… Read More
