The Air Force has operated the KC-46A since 2022 and expects the aircraft to remain in service into the 2070s.
National Security Journal on MSN

The Air Force’s big B-21 Raider bomber gamble

The B-21 Raider is designed to replace the B-1B and B-2, backstop the aging B-52, and anchor America’s long-range strike and ...
The U.S. Air Force took delivery of its 99th and 100th KC-46A Pegasus air-refueling tankers at Travis Air Force Base in ...
The following is the Nov. 28, 2025, Congressional Research Service in focus report U.S. Air Force Collaborative Combat ...
The next-gen "multirole tanker," in addition to advanced refueling systems, has "defensive countermeasures" and "secure ...
After four years of repair efforts, the "Spirit of Georgia" overcame obstacles to return to flight following a landing ...
In August, a WC-135R aircraft, deployed in the United Kingdom, was tracked flying over the Barents Sea, west of Russia's ...
The Air Force is dropping large portions of the previous administration's "reoptimization" plan, but keeping other aspects ...