Pease Air Force Base is proceeding with its transition to the KC-46 as planned with the last remaining KC-135 tanker departing the base on Mar. 24.
Aircrew from the 157th Air Refueling Wing, New Hampshire Air National Guard, take off in a KC-135R Stratotanker, tail number 58-0023, at Pease Air National Guard Base, N.H., Jan. 30, 2019. The aircraft is one of eight aircraft leaving the Wing during the unit’s divestiture of the KC-135. The aircraft is headed to the 151st ARW, Wright ANGB, Utah. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Curtis J. Lenz)
The base will welcome the first three KC-46s in late September or early October.
