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

Tokyo has selected the Boeing KC-46 tanker aircraft for the Japan Air Self-Defense Force.

T he KC-46 was refueling F-15Es which were enforcing a Presidential Temporary Flight Restriction, with both aircraft involved ...

Prior to this, the KC-46 had a severe disadvantage to alert timing ... button and if the unit was going to be able to stay on the aircraft,” Diedrich said. “The design can work anywhere ...

Here [at McConnell] we have two different types of aircraft to maintain - the pediatric KC-46, and the geriatric KC- 135 [laughs]. Clash: Okay, fair enough. Let's talk about the 135 versus the ...

58 total The Boeing-built KC-46 tanker is a military version of the 767 commercial aircraft. It is intended to replace the oldest of the U.S. Air Force’s KC-135 Stratotanker fleet -- some of ...

The US Air Force's newest air refueling aircraft, the KC-46A Pegasus, is undergoing a variety of tests out of Edwards Air Force Base, California. Starting on April 29th, the KC-46 conducted the ...

Boeing has raised its forecasts for profit this year, despite a charge of $329m over the KC-46 aerial refuelling tanker. The aircraft manufacturer now expects to earn $12.5bn (£9.4bn) in 2017 ...

and now history is being made again with the first operational deployment of the aircraft across the entire Air Force to the Middle East. A ceremony Sunday honored the more than 180 airmen of the ...

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To discuss Boeing's (BA) growth prospects for 2025, Gabelli Funds Portfolio Manager Tony Bancroft — who oversees the Gabelli Commercial Aerospace and Defense ETF (GCAD) — joins anchors Brad Smith and ...