Boeing has revealed details about cracks that recently prompted it to halt deliveries of KC-46 military tankers, while ...

NOBLE41's crew communicated via radio to the air traffic control that NOBLE42 suffered hydraulic problems, while the KC-46 possibly had problems to the boom, with WIDE12 also acknowledging ...

Not only is the KC-46 massively behind schedule, but there are ongoing efforts to repair the critical boom and aerial refueling pods. A 2024 Government Accountability Office (GAO) report took the ...

The KC-46 is a critical component in the Air ... different engines, cockpit, wings and boom: in other words, it's almost a ...

This aircraft is equipped with a modernized KC-10 refueling boom integrated with proven fly-by-wire control system and delivering a fuel offload rate required for large aircraft. In addition ...

A KC-46 lands at McConnell AFB, Kansas, in 2021. Credit: U.S. Air Force Boeing and the U.S. Air Force were set to accept the first KC-46s since before the company’s workers went on strike in ...

Braydon Scarborough, a Baraboo native and military boom operator, will participate in the annual EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh from July 21-27.

New KC-46 Cracks Have Quick Fix is published in Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, an Aviation Week Intelligence Network (AWIN) Market Briefing and is included with your AWIN membership. Already a ...

The KC-46 programme has been a major source of pain ... including the tanker’s fuel transfer boom and the Remote Vision System (RVS) digital viewing station that controls the boom.

According to reports, the Air Force and Boeing were aware since 2018 that the KC-46 Pegasus could develop issues in the aileron hinges. The Air Force paused deliveries of the KC-46A Pegasus air ...

Sep 8, 2024 Sep 8, 2024 Updated Dec 15, 2024 NEWINGTON — The New Hampshire Air National Guard became the first to receive the new KC-46A Pegasus refueling tankers in 2019, and now history is ...