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Air Force tanker fleet cut on the table in proposed authorization bill

The section of the proposed NDAA that will be marked up Wednesday would also allow the Air Force to retire older C-130 Hercules transport aircraft.

By Stephen Losey

10 months ago

US Air Force wants to lower the number of tankers required in its fleet

The KC-46A Pegasus is also now cleared to refuel about 97% of the aircraft that fly on U.S. Transportation Command missions.

By Stephen Losey

10 months ago

The Air Force evacuated 124,000 people from Afghanistan, but its work still isn’t done

The U.S. Air Force is pivoting from orchestrating the massive exodus of over 124,000 Afghans and Americans from a country once again under Taliban rule, to a quieter role helping even more people leave on commercial and privately organized flights.

By Rachel S. Cohen

18 months ago

Biden nominates new Air Mobility Command boss

Lt. Gen. Mike Minihan would earn a promotion to four-star general and replace Gen. Jacqueline Van Ovost.

By Rachel S. Cohen

21 months ago

Air Force flight in Mideast uses call sign ‘Pickle Rick’ in apparent nod to ‘Rick and Morty’

An Air Force KC-19 crew is apparently fans of Rick and Morty.

23 months ago

New in 2021: Older planes bound for the Boneyard

Congress put the brakes on Air Force plans to retire more than 100 aircraft, but the service did get the greenlight to retire some bombers, cargo planes and tankers.

By Stephen Losey

2 years ago