Congress believed that unresolved engineering and performance deficiencies demand a throttle-back on that lofty number of new ...

BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE, La. (KSLA) — The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds will headline the 2025 Defenders of Liberty Air Show on March 29-30 at Barksdale Air Force Base. Hours will be 9 a.m.-4 p.m. each ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - The 190th Air Refueling Wing (ARW) at Forbes Field Air National Guard Base will welcome a site survey team consisting of members from the National Guard Bureau and active-duty ...

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 ...

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 ...

Boeing workers in Washington state overwhelmingly voted to reject a contract and go on strike Thursday. Boeing's CFO said the strike will affect a facility working on the KC-46. (Jason Redmond/AFP via ...

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 ...

McGhee Tyson Air National Guard Base got another bit of support on its mission to become the home of the Air Force’s next-generation refueling aircraft, the KC-46 Pegasus. The Tennessee General ...

According to reports, the Air Force and Boeing were aware since 2018 that the KC-46 Pegasus could develop issues in the aileron hinges. The Air Force paused deliveries of the KC-46A Pegasus air tanker ...

Boeing discovered cracks in the aileron hinges of two KC-46s which were being readied for delivery, prompting the U.S. Air Force to launch a fleet-wide inspection while the root cause is being ...

When it comes to the air component of the U.S. military, a lack of midair refuelers could be utterly devastating. Now, there’s a new complication. Two of the Air Force’s four newest KC-46 planes have ...