Included in Block 1 upgrades for the KC-46 is the Pegasus Advanced Communications Suite, which will upgrade the tanker’s Link ...

The KC-46 is scheduled to replace part of the service's older tanker fleets, such as the KC-135 and KC-10 Extender. The Air Force said its goal is to retire its KC-10s and have the right mix of KC ...

The 56th Air Refueling Squadron conducted the first KC-46 air display at an air show in Texas, recently. The 56th ARS from Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma, made history on Nov. 9, 2024, by ...

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

The U.S. Air Force will begin using its KC-46 Pegasus tanker in limited operations to relieve its overtasked KC-135 Stratotanker and KC-10 Extender aircraft, the head of Air Mobility Command said ...

Like Goldfein, Manasco said the Air Force is working with Boeing to get a fix of the KC-46 in place. But in the meantime, he said, “if we had to go to war tonight,” the tanker would be ready ...

The Air Force’s current plan is to reshape its current tanker fleet by 455 aircraft by retiring the KC-10s and some 98 older KC-135s while acquiring a minimum of 179 KC-46s to complement a ...

Between the F-35 Lightning II and littoral combat ship, the US military's record of new, big-budget procurements has not been stellar, and it's set to get worse, as the troubled KC-46A Pegasus ...

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.

Boeing had originally planned on delivering the first KC-46 to the Air Force by the end of 2017, but now the plan is to deliver the first tanker by late spring. RELATED Boeing will miss 2017 ...

The 56th Air Refueling Squadron’s KC-46 Pegasus demo team and members from the 97th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron pose for a photo at Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma, Nov. 9, 2024.