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A batch of 10 KC-10 tankers is set to be auctioned off by the U.S. Air Force. But they come with a catch: no boom. Starting ...
The KC-10 Extender is being decommissioned after four decades of service and the very last one flew out of Travis Air Force Base during a special ceremony Thursday. A woman was injured in a fire ...
In fact, the A-10 can't generate enough force to ... a waiver for urgent missions. The post U.S. Air Force Halts Deliveries of KC-46 Tankers Following Discovery of Cracks appeared first on The ...
It is intended to replace the oldest of the U.S. Air Force’s KC-135 Stratotanker ... refueling operations. This new tanker utilizes an advanced KC-10 boom, a center mounted drogue and wing ...
The U.S. Air Force is considering Forbes Field Air National Guard Base in Topeka as a potential site for the new KC-46A Pegasus refueling tanker. A final decision will be made in fall 2025 after site ...
For about a decade the Air Force has been trying to replace its fleet of KC-135 air refueling tankers, the big jets that act as flying gas stations for warplanes. In the latest attempt ...
The U.S. Air Force Air Mobility Command has suggested their KC-135 Stratotanker fleet may serve beyond 2050 with a life extension and upgrade program. Almost 70 years after the type’s first ...
The visit is a "crucial step" in identifying the Air Force’s next home for newly built KC-46A Pegasus refueling tankers, the Forbes-based 190th Air Refueling Wing of the Kansas Air National ...