{"id":92477,"date":"2024-07-23T09:16:49","date_gmt":"2024-07-22T23:16:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/us-air-force-awards-boeing-16-million-upgrade-kc-46a\/"},"modified":"2024-07-23T09:16:49","modified_gmt":"2024-07-22T23:16:49","slug":"us-air-force-awards-boeing-16-8-million-to-upgrade-kc-46a-multi-mission-capability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=92477","title":{"rendered":"US Air Force Awards Boeing $16.8 Million To Upgrade KC-46A Multi-Mission Capability"},"content":{"rendered":"

Boeing<\/a> has been awarded the contract to enhance the new KC-46A Pegasus tanker fleet<\/a>. In-air refueling<\/a> is one of the critical enablers of the US Air Force<\/a>, and the United States is home to around half of the world’s aerial tanker fleet. The Boeing KC-46 Pegasus was developed from the 767 jet airliner<\/a> and was selected in 2011 to replace the Air Force’s aging fleet of Boeing KC-135 Stratotankers. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Boeing is building the Air Force’s fleet of aerial tankers and has signed a new contract for further upgrades.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[396,11221,240,7559,1328],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-92477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aircraft","category-kc-46-pegasus","category-north-america","category-tanker","category-united-states-air-force"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t