U.S. Air Force Eyeing SATCOM Upgrades For KC-135s

A KC-135 on the flight line at an undisclosed location in the Middle East in October 2023.

Credit: U.S. Air Force
The U.S. Air Force wants to modify 326 of its Boeing C/KC-135 aircraft to have commercial access to both secure and nonsecure satellite communications. The service on April 11-12 will hold industry days near Tinker AFB, Oklahoma, for the new effort. It is part of a series of programs within Air...
Brian Everstine

Brian Everstine is the Pentagon Editor for Aviation Week, based in Washington, D.C. Before joining Aviation Week in August 2021, he covered the Pentagon for Air Force Magazine. Brian began covering defense aviation in 2011 as a reporter for Military Times.

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