The first tanker was propeller-driven and today they are based on airliners (the Boeing 707 and 767), but this is soon set to ...

58 total The Boeing-built KC-46 tanker is a military version of the 767 commercial aircraft. It is intended to replace the oldest of the U.S. Air Force’s KC-135 Stratotanker fleet -- some of ...

The KC-46A is a very capable tanker with self-defense capabilities. It can refuel most fixed-wing, receive-capable aircraft. Its refueling boom is driven by a fly-by-wire control system. The hose and ...

Airmen from the US Air Force’s 22nd Air Refueling Wing Innovation Lab at McConnell Air Force Base have invented a new remote start device for the KC-46A Pegasus, called the Auxiliary Power Unit ...

Similarly to the missions of other U.S. demo teams, the goal of the KC-46’s demo team is to highlight the Pegasus's unique capabilities and the continued evolution of the Air Force's tanker fleet.

"Completing the testing necessary to expand the operational capabilities of the KC-46 is a critical step in modernizing the Air Force's aging tanker fleet. The 60th Air Mobility Wing at Travis has ...

of the 22nd Air Refueling Wing - are responsible for 18 KC-135 and 24 KC-46 tankers, and know this all too well. Together they oversee more than 1,000 maintenance-related personnel to ensure that ...

Its LMXT strategic aerial refueling tanker had been expected to take on Boeing’s KC-46 as a contender for an interim update under the KC-135 fleet recapitalization program.

The KC-46 Pegasus is a wide-body, multirole tanker that can refuel all U.S. allied and coalition military aircraft compatible with international aerial refueling procedures. The tanker is also ...

One of its biggest — yet controversial — jets is the KC-46A Pegasus aerial refueling tanker, which was derived ... the head of the Air Force's KC-46 cross-functional team, told Defense News ...

Sep 8, 2024 Sep 8, 2024 Updated Dec 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 ...