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Capt. Wesley Cobb, 4th Airlift Squadron pilot, conducts an aerial refueling from a KC-46 from McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., on Feb. 20, 2021. (Senior Airman Mikayla Heineck/U.S. Air Force) ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A KC-46 Pegasus refuels an F-16 at night, as seen through the updated version of the Remote Vision System, or RVS 2.0. (Boeing) ...
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Air Force recently awarded Boeing an $88 million contract for spare parts for Japan’s KC-46 tankers, but service officials confirmed to Defense News on Monday the deal included ...
The U.S. Air Force successfully conducted a KC-46A refueling mission with a reduced crew of only a pilot and a boom operator, validating operational procedures for high-end combat scenarios. This ...
The Air Force has cleared its KC-46 aerial refueling tanker for limited, non-combat flights operations even though it needs a new refueling system, new boom, and more testing with some of the military ...
PORTSMOUTH, N.H.—Long-troubled U.S. Air Force KC-46 tankers are continuing to expand their mission load and recently began refueling F-35 stealth fighters. KC-46 aircraft based here at Pease Air ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Airmen from the US Air Force's 22nd Air Refueling Wing Innovation Lab at McConnell Air Force Base have invented a new remote start ...
A KC-46A Pegasus like this one flew an entire aerial refueling mission with one pilot and one boom operator, two people - just as with the F-15E pictured here - on October 25. The Air Force’s newest ...
With 53 aircraft in service, Boeing’s BA KC-46 Pegasus tanker is now approved for supporting over two-thirds of the aircraft in the joint air fleet that are capable of receiving fuel in flight. The ...
Italy to be a new Boeing KC-46A operator. The new Pegasus tankers will be designated KC-767B. The DPPD (Documento Programmatico Pluriennale della Difesa) for 2022-2024, the document released by the ...