The Debrief: Appeal Of Commercial Air Tankers Triggers Hard Questions For AMC
A KC-46 refuels an F-16 in November 2023.
Credit: U.S. Air Force
Steve Trimble, [email protected] CLEVELAND—With an estimated flyaway unit cost of $168 million, a Boeing KC-46A is not the cheapest aircraft in the U.S. Air Force inventory. As Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) found out recently, a shortage of air refueling aircraft can also be expensive in...
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