Lockheed’s Plan To Bring Its Version Of The Airbus A330 Tanker To America (Updated)
Lockheed has laid out its vision for using U.S. facilities and supply chains to build new tankers for the U.S. Air Force.
Tag: KC-10
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.
The Time When The USAF Got Caught Trying To Sneak F-117s Through Austrian Airspace
The clandestine stealth fighter overflight that outraged Austria in the months leading up to a second war with Iraq.
This Strategic Air Command Airpower Demonstration From 1987 Is Just Bonkers
A B-52, KC-10, FB-111, and two KC-135s pulled off wild maneuvers, many of which wouldn’t be allowed today, over Offutt AFB at the end of the Cold War.
Sale Of KC-46 Tanker To Israel Approved While New Delays For Key Fixes Revealed
The U.S. State Department has approved the potential sale of eight KC-46A Pegasus tankers to Israel, which is in the process of selecting a replacement for its aging Boeing 707-based tankers. This comes as the U.S. Air Force has revealed that it is looking at new delays in developing critical fixes for its KC-46As and that there is still no clear schedule for when existing aircraft will actually receive those modifications. In the meantime, the service won’t be using the Pegasuses it has now for routine combat or non-combat aerial refueling missions, except in an emergency.
General Atomics Wants To Give Aerial Tankers Their Own Missile-Laden Loyal Wingmen Drones
General Atomics “Defender” drone concept is a potentially promising way to address the increasing vulnerability of Air Force tankers and other lumbering support aircraft.
General Warns Of Aerial Tanker Shortage As Air Force Looks To Retire 13 KC-135s And 16 KC-10s
The head of U.S. Transportation Command has publicly challenged the U.S. Air Force’s assertion that it can retire 16 KC-10A Extender and 13 KC-135R Stratotanker aerial refueling tankers in the coming fiscal year without having a major operational impact. This comes as the Air Force says that it hopes Boeing, the manufacturer of the troubled new KC-46A Pegasus tanker, will have devised an acceptable strategy for fixing critical issues with those aircraft that are preventing them from taking part in actual combat and other contingency operations.
Air Force Isn’t Happy With Boeing’s Plans To Fix The KC-46 Tanker’s Troubled Vision System
The U.S. Air Force says that it is not sold on Boeing’s proposal for how to fix the troublesome Remote Vision System, or RVS, which boom operators on the service’s new KC-46A Pegasus tankers use to safely guide the aircraft’s refueling boom into receiving aircraft. The difficulties with the existing RVS presently preclude the KC-46As from taking part in combat operations overseas and top U.S. military officials are warning that there may soon be a worrying shortfall in available tankers, as other types get retired. That reality is now is driving renewed consideration of a plan to hire private contractors to provide aerial refueling services in various non-combat settings.
This Cockpit Video Of A KC-10 Refueling Another KC-10 Is Amazing
It all looks so smooth and almost easy until you take a closer look at the pilot’s control inputs and the boom’s movement.
What Aircraft Snuck Trump Out Of Florida On His Way To Afghanistan For Thanksgiving?
Some strange descriptions have surfaced of the aircraft that secretly flew President Trump from Florida to Washington D.C. before he headed to Afghanistan on Air Force One. We have the likely answer as to the identity of this aircraft as well as some major questions regarding how Air Force One was able to reach Afghanistan without aerial refueling.