Training in the vastness of the Indo-Pacific region, a KC-135 from Alaska refueled a Northrop Grumman B-2 bomber en route to Australia.
Credit: Tech. Sgt. Hailey Haux/U.S. Air Force
As it faces a self-imposed deadline to be ready for a potential war with China in five years, the U.S. Air Force’s tanker fleet has a lot of work to do. A next-generation tanker will not arrive for at least a decade. A 13-year acquisition program has delivered 82 Boeing KC-46 Pegasus tankers to date...
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