Airpower without range is just potential. Every long-range bomber mission, every sustained fighter patrol over a contested ...

Its shocking 0.23 MPG figure seems terrible, but the real answer lies in what the tanker does with its fuel.

The KC-46 is outfitted with a kitchen, oven, bathroom, and temperature controls that allow it to better regulate the temperature levels. After years of waiting, the US delivered to Israel the first of ...

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 ...

A crew led by Lt. Col. Greg Van Splunder and Lt. Col. Brandon Stock, pilots with the 157th Air Refueling Wing, took off on Wednesday morning in their KC-46A Pegasus. They landed 36 hours later after ...

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) ...

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 ...

Boeing’s losses from building what was supposed to be a “low risk” aerial refueling tanker for the U.S. Air Force now top $7 billion, the company disclosed Wednesday. The Arlington, Virginia-based ...

Here’s What You Need To Remember: In some respects, the success of the K-46 is the most important of all these achievements. It is the capability of the aerial refueling fleet that gives the Air Force ...

DAYTON, Ohio—The troubled KC-46 tanker has yet another problem Boeing has to fix on its own dime, the Air Force said Tuesday. It’s in the engine: vibrations from the fuel pump are damaging the ...

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio – U.S. Air Force aerial refueling experts are asking the Boeing Co. to build 15 new KC-46 Pegasus military aerial refueling and strategic military transport aircraft under ...

Airband listeners heard an F-16 pilot report ‘a chunk taken out of its spine due to a too close breakaway incident’ during refueling operations with a KC-46. On June 27, 2024 an inflight refueling ...