军闻网站「Defense one」24日报导，由于下一代空中加油机计画尚未明朗，美国空军考虑让KC-135加油机延长服役至2050年之后；若延寿计画获准，KC-135将 ...

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The setbacks to the ‘Pegasus Program’ have delayed the US Air Force from replacing the ageing KC-135 tanker fleet with the KC-46. The KC-135 has been in service since the late 1950s under the ...

He noted that even after the U.S. Air Force accepts its final KC-46 Pegasus tanker, the remaining KC-135 Stratotanker fleet will still average 67 years in age. “The start of a recapitalization plan is ...

The Air Force provided statistics on how many of each kind of aircraft it had in 2024, as well as the percentage of time each aircraft was ready to carry out its mission. Those st ...

With the KC-10 Extender phased out in 2024 and the aging KC-135 Stratotanker fleet gradually being retired, the USAF has little choice but to persevere with the Pegasus, despite its troubled ...

The tanker was designed to replace the aging fleet of KC-135 Stratotankers, offering more advanced refueling capabilities, new technologies, and enhanced operational flexibility. However ...

In 2011, the U.S. Air Force chose it to replace older Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker, however the program has been beset by delays and technical problems. Boeing has halted deliveries of its KC-46 ...

and the existing fleet of KC-135 Stratotankers are being held together by a spit-and-polish. If, as the Pentagon fears, the problems with the new KC-46 Pegasus fleet are systemic, the Air Force ...