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 ...

Another problem is related to the boom, and specifically an actuator inside the boom which ... issues will affect the operational KC-46 fleet, as the tanker is now taking a larger share of the ...

Boeing has revealed details about cracks that recently prompted it to halt deliveries of KC-46 military tankers, while ...

The KC-46 was operating out of Travis AFB, California, where it returned to perform an emergency landing. The base later stated that the tanker had ... an actuator inside the boom which prevents ...

Boeing has halted deliveries of its KC-46 tanker after structural cracks were found in new aircraft on delivery to the Air Force which is inspecting its entire fleet of 89 KC-46s, TWZ reported.

The Air Force may have to keep its aging KC-135 tankers flying beyond their planned 2050 retirement, depending on how many ...

A new U.S. Air Force analysis recommends continuing the development of NGAD, as well as terminating the NGAS stealth tanker program which was supposed to support the next gen fighter in contested ...

A new U.S. Air Force analysis that recommends a systems-based approach to achieve survivable air refueling renders moot a next-gen stealthy tanker like ... as the Boeing KC-46 and KC-135.

The potentially threatened Next Generation Air Refueling System (NGAS) program received an endorsement March 5 from the head of U.S. Transportation Command. When Boeing delivers the last KC-46 ...

Boeing (NYSE:BA) has heavily promoted its KC-46 tanker in Poland, in addition to the F-15EX fighter jet for the country’s Air Force. Poland's military is considering a purchase of 32 more ...