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The Boeing KC-46 Pegasus is an American military aerial refueling and strategic military transport aircraft developed by Boeing from its 767 jet airliner.In February 2011, the tanker was selected by the United States Air Force (USAF) as the winner in the KC-X tanker competition to replace older Boeing KC-135 Stratotankers.
Tanker; KC-46 Pegasus: United States aerial refueling KC-46A: 72 72 KC-46A total force as of September 2023 (USAF Almanac). [1] 88 KC-46A operational, 86 on order (WAF 2025). [2] KC-135 Stratotanker: United States aerial refueling KC-135R/T: 376 325 KC-135R / 51 KC-135T total force as of September 2023 (USAF Almanac). [1] 123 KC-135R / 28 KC ...
As a result, the 916th Troop Carrier Group was established at Donaldson Air Force Base, South Carolina on 17 January 1963, [1] as the headquarters for the 77th Troop Carrier Squadron, which had been stationed there since March 1958. [7]
Boeing Co. (BA) is facing another setback as the U.S. Air Force has delayed by four years a decision on whether its $44 billion KC-46 tanker program should be approved for full-rate production ...
Sep. 8—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 made again with the first operational ...
Boeing's (BA) KC-46 Pegasus is a wide-body, multirole tanker that can refuel all U.S., allied and coalition military aircraft compatible with international aerial refueling procedures.
The following is a list of United States military aerial refueling aircraft. Active. HC-130; KC-130; KC-130J; KC-135; F/A-18E/F; KC-46; Planned. MQ-25; Retired. KA-3 ...
Variants: Royal Canadian Air Force modified C-130H, Indonesian Air Force modified KC-130B, Royal Air Force modified C-130K, United States Marine Corps modified C-130F. [1] Lockheed KS-3B: Lockheed S-3 Viking: 2x turbofan: probe and drogue: United States: retired: The former primary US Navy carrier-based tanker, equipped for buddy-buddy tanking ...