How many KC-46 tankers are there? A deep analysis of the USAF plans, Boeing’s 767-based Pegasus, production numbers, and what ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — Tennessee’s national lawmakers have announced that McGhee-Tyson Air National Guard Base in Blount County will become home to eight new KC-46 tanker aircraft. Senator Marsha ...

The McGhee Tyson Air National Guard Base in Knoxville will be a main operating base for the new KC-46 Pegasus aircraft. The KC-46 Pegasus is the U.S. Air Force's next-generation aerial refueling ...

The KC-46A Pegasus tanker aircraft is based on the Boeing 767-200ER and features a fly-by-wire refueling boom, a separate hose and drogue system, and a camera-based remote vision system for the boom ...

The development comes as manufacturer Boeing works towards resolving a host of technical issues on the Pegasus. The leading snag is the Remote Vision System (RVS) of the refueling boom, with ...

(Reuters) -The U.S. Air Force awarded Boeing a $2.47 billion contract for ‌15 additional KC-46A Pegasus aerial ‌refueling tankers, the company announced on Tuesday in a release. Last year, ⁠the Air ...

The brothers, one a KC-135 refueling pilot, the other an F-35 fighter pilot, met in the sky on a refueling mission in ...

Zeus didn’t get involved, but Uncle Sam did. Like it’s namesake, this Pegasus is also being placed amongst stars. The U.S. Air Force announced Wednesday afternoon that the 134th Air Refueling Wing ...

The fuselage and wings for the first 767-2C to be adapted into a KC-46A for the U.S. Air Force's aerial refueling tanker program have been joined at Boeing's Everett, Wash., facility. Assembly of the ...