T he KC-46 was refueling F-15Es which were enforcing a Presidential Temporary Flight Restriction, with both aircraft involved in the mishap performing emergency landings. A KC-46A Pegasus tanker ...

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

On Tuesday, base officials and Congresswoman Kathy Castor broke ground for the new buildings that will soon come to support the new aircraft. MacDill is slated to receive the new KC-46 refueling ...

The U.S. Air Force has recently paused deliveries of Boeing’s KC-46 Pegasus tanker aircraft and launched a fleet-wide inspection on the 89 aircraft currently in service. This decision came after ...

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 ...

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 ... deployment of the aircraft across the ...

“We are working closely with the customer to assess a potential issue on KC-46 aircraft and to mitigate any potential impact to the fleet and in-production airplanes,” Boeing tells FlightGloba ...

Now, a critical U.S. military aircraft, the KC-46, is defective. This is as much of a crisis in America’s defense contracting community—within which Boeing is an icon—as it is a disaster for ...

The Air Force may have to keep its aging KC-135 tankers flying beyond their planned 2050 retirement, depending on how many ...

58 total The Boeing-built KC-46 tanker is a military version of the 767 commercial aircraft. It is intended to replace the oldest of the U.S. Air Force’s KC-135 Stratotanker fleet -- some of ...

“We are working closely with the customer to assess a potential issue on KC-46 aircraft and to mitigate any potential impact to the fleet and in-production airplanes,” a Boeing spokesperson ...