USAF Wants Tanker Upgrades As It Looks To Stealth, Autonomy For KC-Z

F-35s from the 422nd Test and Evaluation Squadron are refueled by a KC-46 over the Nevada Test and Training Range in 2020.
Credit: USAF
The U.S. Air Force wants to modify its Boeing KC-135s and KC-46s in a new effort that the service says is independent of the KC-Y “bridge tanker” program it started last year, but now says is looking less likely to become a competition. At the same time, the service is planning its future tanker...

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