House and Senate versions of the FY2026 NDAA offer competing visions for the Air Force’s refueling fleet, threatening to ...

A fleet of U.S. Air Force aerial refueling tankers has been grounded pending an investigation after cracks were found on two of them, The War Zone (TWZ) reported on Friday. TWZ said 89 KC-46A Pegasus ...

The three nations certified the KC-46 to refuel the RAAF E-7, and USAF and RAF also benefit from this as they prepare to field their own Wedgetails. The U.S., British and Australian air forces ...

A Boeing KC-46 on the runway at Pease ANGB, New Hampshire, in September. Credit: Air National Guard GRAPEVINE, Texas—Final deliveries of U.S. Air Force-purchased KC-46s are expected in 2031, two years ...

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 ...

The U.S. Air Force resumed accepting deliveries of KC-46 tankers on March 11 after a 12-day hiatus caused by the discovery of foreign object debris on completed aircraft. The fifth KC-46 was set to be ...

Boeing (NYSE: BA) has received a $101.7 million contract modification from the U.S. Air Force to provide interim contractor support and assign logistics service representatives at Seymour Johnson Air ...

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 ...

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 ...

A KC-46 Pegasus refuels an F-16 at night, as seen through the updated version of the Remote Vision System, or RVS 2.0. (Boeing) The KC-46 Pegasus refueling tanker’s troubled remote vision system is ...

Boeing on Wednesday reported narrower losses in its third quarter despite a hefty charge related to its 777X commercial ...

Sep 8, 2024 Sep 8, 2024 Updated Oct 14, 2025 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 being ...