The Aircraft That Is The US Air Force’s Top Choice For Aerial Refueling

For fighter jets to project power any significant distance from their nation's borders, they need aircraft carriers, forward operating bases, lots of tankers, and other support elements (like transport aircraft).

New AI and video tech is taking the danger and guesswork out of this punishing Air Force job that hasn't changed in 50 years

Tanker maintenance workers spend their days crawling in and out of fuel tanks. New tech might make a hard job a little easier.

US Air Force receives its 100th KC-46A Pegasus air-refueling tanker

The U.S. Air Force took delivery of its 99th and 100th KC-46A Pegasus air-refueling tankers at Travis Air Force Base in Fairfield, Calif.
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Air Force's next-gen KC-46 Pegasus refueling planes will be based at McGhee Tyson

The McGhee Tyson Air National Guard Base in Knoxville will be a main operating base for the new KC-46 Pegasus aircraft. The KC-46 Pegasus is the U.S. Air Force's next-generation aerial refueling tanker, replacing the KC-135 Stratotanker. In addition to ...
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U.S. Air Force Flexes its Muscles on NATO’s Eastern Flank

In early December, USAF F-35A Lightning IIs and F-16 Fighting Falcons took part in agile airpower exercises across the Baltic states and in Romania. Two
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Air Force marks delivery of its 100th KC-46A tanker

The Air Force has operated the KC-46A since 2022 and expects the aircraft to remain in service into the 2070s.
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