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Transfer of Four KC-135s to Eielson in the Works, USAF Says
U.S. Air Force plans have called for moving four more KC-135 tankers by the end of September to Eielson AFB, Alaska under the 168th Wing, and a service ...
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Guam: RAAF F-35As Refuel Mid-Air with USAF KC-135 During Cope North 2025 Exercise
Andersen Air Force Base, Guam - February 11, 2025 U.S. Indo-Pacific – A pair of Royal Australian Air Force F-35A Lightning IIs successfully conducted aerial refueling with a U.S. Air Force KC ...
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Poland Scrambles F-16s and Deploys USAF KC-135 in Response to Russian Missile Attack on Ukraine
Poland has deployed F-16 fighter jets in response to the ongoing Russian missile strike on Ukraine. A USAF KC-135 tanker stationed at Royal Air Force Base Mildenhall is positioned near Lublin, Poland.
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US Air Force grounds its KC-46 fleet after cracks found. How problems have marred ‘Pegasus Program’
The setbacks to the ‘Pegasus Program’ have delayed the US Air Force from replacing the ageing KC-135 tanker fleet with the KC-46. The KC-135 has been in service since the late 1950s under the ...
The Aviationist6d
U.S. Air Force Halts Deliveries of KC-46 Tankers Following Discovery of Cracks
the KC-46A Pegasus the U.S. Air Force selected to replace the older KC-135 features a stretched fuselage, different engines, cockpit, wings and boom: in other words, it’s almost a completely ...
The Aviationist4d
Uncertain Future for the U.S. Air Force Next-Gen Stealth Tanker
Tags: US Air Force, USAF, KC-46, Pegasus, NGAS, Stealth tanker, MQ-25 Stingray, KC-135, KC-10, A330 MRTT TAGGED:KC-46A Pegasus Next-Generation Aerial Refueling System NGAS U.S. Air Force ...
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USAF pauses KC-46 deliveries over structural cracks
Boeing’s troubled KC-46 Pegasus refueller is once again battling quality control issues. The US Air Force (USAF), which operates 89 of the 767-derived tankers, has paused delivery of new ...
Aviation Week Network9d
U.S. Air Force Next-Gen Tanker Prospects Are Running On Fumes
While the Next-Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) fighter and Next-Generation Air Refueling System (NGAS) tanker are seemingly independent capabilities, their fates became intertwined in the monthslong ...
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AU, Japan and US Air Forces successfully refuel 64 jets as CopeNorth25 concludes
Air Forces from Australia, Japan and the US have successfully refuelled a total of 64 jets in a trilateral activity as Exercise Cope North 25 concludes ...
Defense One6d
There’s a tanker-sized gap in this vision of the Air Force’s future
The debate at this week’s Air & Space Force Association’s Warfare Symposium focused on a plea to President Trump to "Make the Air Force Great Again." In the spirit of a post-mission aircrew ...
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Iraqi Forces Conduct Airstrike Against ISIS, Enabled by CENTCOM Forces
A U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker refuels an A-10 Thunderbolt II during a patrol over the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility. (Photo: U.S. Central Command) On Feb. 12, Iraqi Security ...