Congressman Steil held a press conference Monday, Aug. 5, urging the Air National Guard to choose Milwaukee to house the new KC-46 tanker, specifically, at the 128th Refueling Wing.

“The KC-46A already features defensive systems that are unprecedented in a tanker,” said Justin Hatcher, Boeing’s advanced technology director for the KC-46 program. “We continue to evolve ...

The 56th Air Refueling Squadron conducted the first KC-46 air display at an air show in Texas, recently. The 56th ARS from Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma, made history on Nov. 9, 2024, by ...

Boeing and the U.S. Air Force have worked together for more than two years to overhaul the KC-46’s troubled Remote Vision System (RVS), testing a series of new cameras and high-resolution ...

MILWAUKEE — The Milwaukee 128th Air Refueling Wing is not getting the new KC-46 tanker plane Wisconsin's elected officials were pushing for, according to an announcement by Rep. Bryan Steil, Friday.

Boeing has halted deliveries of its KC-46 tanker after structural cracks were found in new aircraft on delivery to the Air Force which is inspecting its entire fleet of 89 KC-46s, TWZ reported.

Air Force officials are investigating a mishap that heavily damaged a KC-46 Pegasus tanker plane while it refueled a fighter jet last month, Air Force Times has learned.

Lockheed Martin’s secretive division released the rendering of a notional stealth tanker for the Next-Generation Air Refueling System program which aims to replace KC-46 and KC-135 tankers.

KC-10s will continue to fly stateside as units finish swapping out older airframes and training on the KC-46, the release said. The first KC-10 headed to the aircraft graveyard at Davis-Monthan ...

DAYTON, Ohio — The Air Force and Boeing identified a new KC-46 deficiency this spring that’s causing damage to the tanker’s air system ducts — adding to the aircraft’s running list of ...

Effort to bring KC-46 tanker to Milwaukee. Milwaukee could be the home of the military's next generation of air refueling tankers. The hope is to house the aircraft right in Wisconsin.

The 56th Air Refueling Squadron’s KC-46 Pegasus demo team and members from the 97th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron pose for a photo at Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma, Nov. 9, 2024.