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The Boeing KC-46 Pegasus is an American military aerial refueling and strategic military transport aircraft developed by Boeing from its 767 jet airliner.In February 2011, the tanker was selected by the United States Air Force (USAF) as the winner in the KC-X tanker competition to replace older Boeing KC-135 Stratotankers.
Boeing Co. (BA) is facing another setback as the U.S. Air Force has delayed by four years a decision on whether its $44 billion KC-46 tanker program should be approved for full-rate production ...
Sep. 8—The New Hampshire Air National Guard became the first to receive the new KC-46A Pegasus refueling tankers in 2019, and now history is being made again with the first operational ...
Boeing's (BA) KC-46 Pegasus is a wide-body, multirole tanker that can refuel all U.S., allied and coalition military aircraft compatible with international aerial refueling procedures.
The strike temporarily halted the production of Boeing's 737, 777 and 767 jets and their derivatives such as the U.S. Air Force KC-46 tanker and Navy P-8 maritime aircraft. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] By October, the strike had cost Boeing an estimated $5 billion.
KC-X was the United States Air Force (USAF) program to procure its next-generation aerial refueling tanker aircraft to replace some of their older Boeing KC-135 Stratotankers. The contest was for a production contract for 179 new tankers with estimated value of US$35 billion.
BDS booked $8 billion in orders during the quarter, including awards for 15 KC-46A tankers from the U.S. Air Force and seven P8A aircraft for the U.S. Navy, and the backlog ended at $64 billion.
The 344th Air Refueling Squadron is a unit of the US Air Force, part of the 22d Air Refueling Wing of Air Mobility Command at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas.It operates the Boeing KC-46 Pegasus aircraft conducting aerial refueling missions.