Plan To Fix Troubled KC-46 Tanker Risks Making Same Mistakes New Report Says
There are fears that Air Force’s new push to resolve critical problems with its KC-46As could actually cause new delays.
There are fears that Air Force’s new push to resolve critical problems with its KC-46As could actually cause new delays.
The Air Force wants additional tankers as a ‘bridge’ between the KC-46A and an advanced future design currently referred to as the KC-Z.
The rocket attack in Iraq’s northern Kurdish region has left additional coalition contractors, as well as bystanders, injured.
No group has claimed responsibility for the abduction, which occurred in a village close to the border with Nigeria.
Surplus boom-equipped tankers available to private contractors to purchase are rare and these could quickly make a company a pioneer in that role.
The type’s first retirement comes 40 years nearly to the day after its first flight and as Congress works to delay such retirements.
Authorities in Afghanistan have confirmed that an A-29 did crash in the northeastern portion of the country.
Between its aging KC-135 and KC-10 tanker fleets and problems with the new KC-46A, the Air Force is facing a worrying tanker gap.
This was the first full test of the troubled carrier’s integrated air defense system against actual mock aerial adversaries.
The aircraft, which haven’t seen widespread U.S. military use in any capacity in decades, are getting a new lease on life.