The 6th Air Refueling Wing at MacDill Air Force Base is home to the KC-135 Stratotanker, a refueling plane that has helped the U.S. military carry out missions around the world for more than 60 years.

For decades, aerial refueling boom operators guided the fuel boom by looking directly out a window at the aircraft behind them. The new KC-46 Pegasus tanker changed that system completely. Instead of ...

Waiting for an airplane to taxi across a runway does not usually draw very much fanfare and excitement. But when that plane is a KC-46 Pegasus, fresh off the factory floor at Boeing? Well, that is ...

A senior United States Air Force official has warned that Boeing must resolve persistent technical problems with its KC-46 ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — Tennessee’s national lawmakers have announced that McGhee-Tyson Air National Guard Base in Blount County will become home to eight new KC-46 tanker aircraft. Senator Marsha ...

SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. — Air Mobility Command has released the results of three accident investigation boards involving KC-46A Pegasus aircraft. The investigations stem from incidents involving ...

A KC-46 takes off to be delivered to the U.S. Air Force on May 17. Credit: Boeing via X Boeing has resumed deliveries of the KC-46 tanker to the U.S. Air Force following an extended delay, first ...