Air Force sees gap between end of KC-46 deliveries and newest tankerMinchekar, ApurvaInsideDefense.com's SitRep
30 December 1964: The United States Air Force accepted the last of 732 Boeing KC-135 Stratotankers: KC-135A serial number 64-14840. The new tanker was assigned to the 380th Air Refueling Squadron at Plattsburgh Air Force Base, New York, 12 January 1965. According to the most recent Air...
The 22nd Air Refueling Wing's newest KC-46A Pegasus lands Dec. 20, 2019, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas. (Airman 1st Class Alexi Bosarge/U.S. Air Force) WASHINGTON — The U.S. Air Force will delay a full-rate production milestone forthe KC-46 aerial refueling tankerto ...
“In the event the condition of the Il-76 ‘from storage’ is too poor to use it as a tanker, more exotic but fully realizable decisions are possible: for example, development of a Tu-204S ‘tanker’ variant — the cargo version of the Tu-204/214 aircraft, the passenger cabin of whi...
doesn’t just act as a fuel tanker [but] it acts as a data tanker as well,” Roper said. “And the KC-46 has some wonderful capabilities that it brings that the other mobility platforms don’t — good radar warning, connectivity with the broa...
The move will leave a decision on how to restart the 179-plane program to a new presidential administration, delaying delivery of the much-needed new tanker as much as another year. The Air Force first awarded a contract to build the replacements shortly after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks....
(redirected fromAir refuelling) aerial refueling A method of extending the range of military aircraft by refueling them from tanker aircraft in air. Air refueling can be done by tanker aircraft or by specially modified combat aircraft. In the latter case, it is known asbuddy refueling. Also kno...
Since its retirementthe F-117 fleet has been maintained in a regenerative state, and even occasionally flown at the shadowy Tonopah Air Force Base, which is also the likely operational home of a pocket UCAV force—if it were to exist. Maybe the F-117s were kept in such a ...
Russia’s newest military products for the Air Force include the Su-35 multirole super-maneuverable fighter jet, MiG-29M/M2 multi-purpose fighters, the Su-32 fighter-bomber, and also the new products on Rosoboronexport’s list: the Il-78MK-90A aerial refueling tan...
The newest tankers, the Airbus A330 MRTT (Multi Role Tanker Transport) and the Boeing KC-46 (based on the 767) – have been built to meet the requirements of modern air force operations. Boeing is also working on the MQ-25 Stingray, an aircraft carrier-based unmanned aerial refueling sy...