A KC-46 tanker lost its boom during an F-22 refueling mission, adding to safety concerns around the aircraft's troubled boom system.

KC-46 tanker’s boom breaks, dents plane while refueling fighter jet The Air Force believes it will cost at least $2.5 million to repair the KC-46. By Rachel S. Cohen ...

A KC-46 Pegasus retracts its landing gear after taking off to support several airframes participating in Red Flag 21-3 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., on July 21, 2021. (Tech. Sgt. Alexandre ...

NATIONAL HARBOR Md. — If the Pentagon is forced to operate for a long time under a continuing resolution, it could lead the US Air Force to break its contract with Boeing about on the KC-46 ...

The KC-46s belongs to the 931st Air Refueling Wing at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, the same unit of the tanker involved in the incident between a KC-46 and an F-16 off the coast of the ...

Struggles in the Boeing Co.’s supply chain have delayed the U.S. Air Force tanker program. According to a report from Bloomberg, subcontractors are having trouble making the boom used to refuel ...

The KC-46A can carry 212,000 pounds of fuel, and since first being delivered to McConnell Air Force Base in Kansas in January 2019, has offloaded more than 100 million pounds of fuel.

KC-46 tanker. FirePoint and the Innovation Lab have also recently partnered with another local Wichita company, PWI, leading on continued research, development, prototyping, and commercialization ...

KC-46 boom-vision upgrade slips to summer 2027 The fresh delay will make RVS 2.0 more than three years late. Audrey Decker | May 6, 2025 Air Force ...

The October 25 flight of two KC-46 sorties flown without a copilot occurred inside military test airspace. [Courtesy: U.S. Air Force] The U.S. Air Force recently conducted a refueling mission in a ...

A U.S. Air Force KC-46A Pegasus aircraft carrying congressional staff members had to make an emergency landing after a technical snag left its refueling boom dangling beneath the fuselage.