The US Air Force, which operates 89 of the 767-derived tankers, has paused delivery of new aircraft after the discovery of ...

Prior to this, the KC-46 had a severe disadvantage to alert timing ... who set up a meeting and tour of the lab with the National Security Innovation Network president and team.

The U.S. Air Force has suspended all deliveries of Boeing’s KC-46A Pegasus aerial refueling tankers after cracks were discovered on two of four new aircraft. The USAF is assessing its entire fleet to ...

Now, there’s a new complication. Two of the Air Force’s four newest KC-46 planes have already developed cracks in their airframes, according to exclusive reporting from The War Zone.

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 U.S. Air Force has recently paused deliveries of Boeing’s KC-46 Pegasus tanker aircraft and launched a fleet-wide inspection on the 89 aircraft currently in service. This decision came after ...

A KC-46 lands at McConnell AFB, Kansas, in 2021. Credit: U.S. Air Force Boeing and the U.S. Air Force were set to accept the first KC-46s since before the company’s workers went on strike in ...

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 ...

TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – The US Air Force's newest air refueling aircraft, the KC-46A Pegasus, is undergoing a variety of tests out of Edwards Air Force Base, California. Starting on ...