Built to meet the requirements of the U.S. Air Force and allies for the full spectrum of missions, the combat-ready KC-46 Pegasus air refueling plane delivers proven multi-mission capabilities today, and evolves to meet the needs of tomorrow.
“We had a successful first flight of the green aircraft,” James said of EMD-1. “However there have been testing and integration challenges” with the first KC-46 configured as a tanker. While Boeing generally continues to meet contractual obligations, internal production and developmental...
Boeing's KC-46A Pegasus tanker is now approved for worldwide deployment, including in support of combat operations, according to the U.S. Air Force's Air Mobility Command (AMC). The KC-46A offloaded 1.46 million pounds of fuel to 66 aircraft over the cou
The rollout of the Boeing-made tanker has had multiple bumps — such as atroubled Remote Vision Systemfor controlling its boom that required a redesign, which itself was delayed several months. But on Monday, Minihan stood behind the Pegasus and said it has “enormous capability.” “I ha...
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The top U.S. aircraft manufacturer said that besides the first refueling plane accepted Thursday, nine aircraft are undergoing customer acceptance testing with the remaining aircraft of the contracted amount in production. The KC-46 tanker was made from the airframe of Boeing's commercial 767 jet ...
The Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker is a military aerial refueling aircraft. It and the Boeing 707airliner were developed from the Boeing 367-80 prototype. The KC-135 was the US Air Force's first jet-powered refueling tanker and replaced the KC-97 Stratofreighter. The KC-135 was initially tasked...
It was later converted to an EC-135K airborne command post, and restored to a tanker configuration for display.[142]【参考译文】55-3118 “Renton市” – 作为静态展示的KC-135A,位于堪萨斯州麦克康奈尔空军基地入口。这是首架建造的飞机,曾用于多种测试角色。后来被改装为EC-135K空中指挥所,并恢复为...
The first flight of the Air Force's KC-46 tanker test plane has been delayed by about a month. The first flight of the Air Force's KC-46 tanker test plane has been delayed by about a month. D News 被引量: 0发表: 0年 Boeing Starts Assembling KC-46 Tanker Refueling Boom The articl...
The top U.S. aircraft manufacturer said that besides the first refueling plane accepted Thursday, nine aircraft are undergoing customer acceptance testing with the remaining aircraft of the contracted amount in production. The KC-46 tanker was made from the airframe of Boeing's commercial 767 jet ...