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A KC-46 tanker lost its boom during an F-22 refueling mission, adding to safety concerns around the aircraft's troubled boom ...
Today marks the 60th anniversary of the 1965 crash of the KC-135 Stratotanker in the Piatt neighborhood in north Wichita.
“Doc” arrives at McConnell around 2 p.m. on Wednesday. The B-29 Superfortress will be part of the center display for the airshow, along with two KC-135 Stratotankers and two KC-46 Pegasus tankers.
On Wednesday, Doc will arrive at 2 p.m. and be part of the center display for the show, along with two KC-135 Stratotankers and two KC-46 Pegasus tankers McConnell.
Not only is Colonel Damon responsible for the wing’s KC-46 and KC-135 aircraft fleet, but he also commands more than 3,500 active-duty Airmen stationed at McConnell.
Kids of military families participated in a mock deployment process overseas Saturday at McConnell Air Force Base for its annual Family Mobility Line free event.
Airmen from the US Air Force’s 22nd Air Refueling Wing Innovation Lab at McConnell Air Force Base have invented a new remote start device for the KC-46A Pegasus, called the Auxiliary Power Unit ...
With the company internal designation of Model 717, the KC-135 was developed from the Model 367-80 proof-of-concept prototype, the "Dash Eighty." The Stratotanker is very similar in appearance to ...
McConnell Air Force Base said Wichita residents can expect increased flying this week as aircraft arrive for the 2024 Frontiers in Flight Airshow.