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AIr Force clears KC-46A for limited, non-combat refueling By (0) The KC-46 to the Air Force, shown here in January 2018, was cleared for some non-combat refueling this week. Photo courtesy of Boeing Feb. 25 (UPI) -- The Air Force has cleared the KC-46 aerial refueling tanker for limited, non-combat flights, officials said this week. The tanker still needs a new refueling system, new boom, and more testing with some of the militarys key aircraft, and those modifications will keep the tankers a...

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By Headquarters Air Mobility Command Public Affairs / Published February 24, 2021 U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown, Jr., prepares to connect with a KC-46A Pegasus during an aerial refueling operational survey out of Joint Base Andrews, Md., Feb. 22, 2021. At full operational capability, the KC-46A will be able to provide next generation aerial refueling support to Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps and partner-nation receivers. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt....

Gen. Jacqueline Van Ovost, Air Mobility Command commander, discussed the command’s approach for increasing operational use of the KC-46 during a media roundtable at the Air Force Association’s virtual Aerospace Warfare Symposium, Feb. 24, 2021. As the,

Despite growing pains, KC-46 tanker will begin ‘limited operations’ February 24 A KC-46A Pegasus arrives at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., on Jan. 31, 2019. This is the fourth KC-46 McConnell received since the initial arrival on Jan. 25, 2019. (Airman 1st Class Alexi Myrick/U.S. Air Force) JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md. — The U.S. Air Force is preparing to offer some new KC-46 tankers for operational use as early as this year, although continued technical issues will keep the aircraft from...

By Garrett Reim2021-02-15T01:43:00+00:00 In late October 2020, the Boeing KC-46A Pegasus in-flight refuelling tanker programme reported a $67 million loss due to coronavirus disruptions and production inefficiencies in the third quarter. It was the latest loss in a long series of financial charges in the troubled tanker programme’s short history. Yet, Boeing chief executive David Calhoun saw reasons for optimism. “The tanker has been a drag on us for like three or four years in every way yo...