The Boeing Company BA recently secured an order worth $2.38 billion from the U.S. Air Force to manufacture 15 additional KC-46A Pegasus aerial refueling tankers. This contract win should significantly ...
House and Senate versions of the FY2026 NDAA offer competing visions for the Air Force’s refueling fleet, threatening to ...
Boeing on Wednesday reported narrower losses in its third quarter despite a hefty charge related to its 777X commercial ...
Boeing has been awarded a Lot 11 contract worth $2.38bn by the US Air Force to construct 15 additional KC-46A Pegasus multi-mission aerial refuelling and airlift aircraft. This development brings the ...
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — Employees at Spirit AeroSystems will benefit from a new Boeing order. The U.S. Air Force wants 15 more KC-46A Pegasus tankers. Spirit Aerosystems builds the KC-46A’s fuselage ...
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Why America Needs the KC-46A Pegasus Tanker

In any conflict with China, aerial refueling will determine whether US fighters and bombers can operate from safe stand-off distances across the vast expanses of the Indo-Pacific.
The Air Force plans to buy 179 KC-46s over 13 lots and is nearing the end of its procurement. (Airman 1st Class Joshua Hastings/U.S. Air Force) The Air Force awarded Boeing a $2.4 billion contract ...
F and future 787 Freighter are set to replace the 767-300F by the 2030s, ushering in a more efficient era for global air ...
Airmen from the US Air Force's 22nd Air Refueling Wing Innovation Lab at McConnell Air Force Base have invented a new remote start device for the KC-46A Pegasus, called the Auxiliary Power Unit Start ...
Boeing's KC-46A Pegasus tanker is expected to first arrive at McConnell Air Force Base around a year from now. Boeing now plans to delivery the first 18 tankers to ...
Boeing and the U.S. Air Force successfully completed the KC-46A’s first refueling flight above Washington on Sunday. Crews pumped 1,600 pounds of fuel from the tanker to an F-16 fight jet at 20,000 ...
The Turkish Air Force has seven KC-135s (pictured) that it is looking to replace with either the KC-46A or the MRTT. (Janes/Patrick Allen) Türkiye is to decide between the Boeing KC-46A Pegasus and ...