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...
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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