The U.S. Air Force is considering Forbes Field Air National Guard Base in Topeka as a potential site for the new KC-46A Pegasus refueling tanker. A final decision will be made in fall 2025 after ...

Introduced in 1957, it was the first jet-powered refueling tanker for the United States Air Force (USAF), replacing the KC-97 Stratofreighter. The tanker first joined the French Air Force in 1964 ...

Moreover, pursuing the NGAD program and a large fleet of conventional large tankers like the KC-46 Pegasus, the U.S. Air Force aims to achieve survivable aerial refueling by disrupting the enemy ...

Israel, in fact, uses the KC-707 not only for air-to-air refueling, but also for tranport ... and historically have operated the KC-97, as well as buddy-refuelers like the F-4E and A-4H.

The mainstay of the U.S. Air Force’s strategic aerial refueling fleet, the KC-135 Stratotanker is a military version of the 1950s-era 707 commercial passenger jet. The Air Force inventory of 732 ...

The KC-46 is a critical component in the Air Force’s modernized aerial refueling fleet and the new issues might further delay a program already burdened with challenges. A U.S. Air Force KC-46A ...

The visit is a "crucial step" in identifying the Air Force’s next home for newly built KC-46A Pegasus refueling tankers, the Forbes-based 190th Air Refueling Wing of the Kansas Air National ...