U.S. Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., told the Free Press on Thursday that Selfridge Air National Guard Base will be home to a new squadron of 12 KC-46A refueling tanker aircraft, per a conversation ...

The possibility of conflict with Beijing puts a far greater emphasis on aerial refueling ... 15 new KC-46A Pegasus tankers. In addition to a new stealthy tanker, the Air Force is also looking ...

The KC-46A from the 56th Air Refueling Squadron was assigned the role of the plane's official flight demonstration team.

The first tanker was propeller-driven and today they are based on airliners (the Boeing 707 and 767), but this is soon set to ...

He added “The 168th Wing at Eielson is the only Alaska-based air refueling unit supporting ... Brown said the new tankers will support Alaska-based Air Force units in both the Arctic and the ...

None of the U.S. Air Force’s existing tanker aircraft were capable of holding ... The result was the KC-135Q, an entirely new variant of aircraft. With a top speed of Mach 3, a service ceiling ...

Sep 8, 2024 Sep 8, 2024 Updated Dec 15, 2024 NEWINGTON — The New Hampshire Air National Guard became the first to receive the new KC-46A Pegasus refueling tankers in 2019, and now history is ...

Services: USAF Propulsion: CFM International CFM-56 turbofan engines Speed: 530 mph Range: 1,500 miles Crew: Three (pilot, co-pilot and boom operator) The mainstay of the U.S. Air Force’s ...

An Alaska Air National Guard KC-135 Stratotanker from the 168th Air Refueling ... Force first stated its intention to move the planes to Alaska. There’s still no firm timeline as to when the ...

A U.S. Navy F/A-18F Super Hornet was conducting a refueling mission over the Red Sea when it was downed in a friendly fire ...

12—Four additional KC-135 Stratotankers, the lynchpins of the U.S. military's aerial refueling ... are no new Stratotankers. Of the roughly 400 KC-135s still used by the Air Force, most were ...