USAF Expects KC-46 Deliveries To End In 2031, KC-135 Recap To Follow

A Boeing KC-46 on the runway at Pease ANGB, New Hampshire, in September.

Credit: Air National Guard
GRAPEVINE, Texas—The end of the KC-46 program of record may slip to the end of 2031, two years later than the service’s previous expectation, as tanker deliveries have gone through fits and starts in recent years. The Air Force’s Air Mobility Command (AMC) outlined its new expectation Nov. 1 during...
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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