Category: KC-X

The newest aerial tanker in the U.S. Air Force, the KC-46, will not arrive at McConnell Air Force Base, Wichita until spring of 2017.

Photo: Paul Weatherman/Boeing
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The outcome of the negotiations for the Foreign Military Funding that Israel will receive from the U.S. over the next ten years will determine which type of military refueling aircraft it will purchase next.

Photo: Paul Weatherman/Boeing
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A F/A-18 successfully took fuel from the KC-46’s hose and drogue system on Feb. 10.

Photo credit: John Parker, Boeing

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Israeli news portal Walla says the U.S. government has cleared the sale of Boeing’s KC-46 aerial refueling tanker to Israel via the security assistance package.

Photo: Paul Weatherman/Boeing
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