A KC-46 provides fuel to F-16s during a June 5 flight near Misawa AB, Japan. Credit: U.S. Air Force The U.S. Air Force’s plan to buy more refuelers after completion of the KC-46 program of ...

Posted: May 9, 2025 | Last updated: May 9, 2025 The F-117 Nighthawk has been officially certified for aerial refueling by the KC-46 Pegasus, marking a new chapter in its unexpected return to service.

Ending long-standing uncertainty about its immediate plans for tanker recapitalisation, the air force says it will procure up to 75 additional KC-46 jets from Boeing, rather than hold a ...

Choice between KC-46A and A330 MRTT According to the official quoted by Breaking Defense, the choice “to buy the new tanker [is between] MRTT and KC-46,” with negotiations ongoing with both sides.

The U.S. Air Force’s KC-46A Pegasus tanker aircraft, built by Boeing (NYSE: BA), officially entered into the initial operational test and evaluation phase, FlightGlobal reported Thursday.

U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) wrote in January 2022: "Under the Air Force's KC-46 program, Boeing is developing an aerial refueling tanker from a commercial aircraft design.

The KC-46 Pegasus refueling tanker’s troubled remote vision system is now unlikely to see a replacement upgrade until summer 2027, the Air Force said, putting the Boeing program more than three ...

Threatened federal budget cuts next year could mean a 57 percent cut to Boeing's KC-46 tanker program. Threatened federal budget cuts next year could mean a 57 percent cut to Boeing's KC-46 tanker ...