Boeing KC-46A Pegasus: The World's Most Advanced Air Refueler

The US Air Force needs more flying tankers to bridge the gap between its current capabilities and its planned next-generation KC-Z refueling aircraft. The Boeing KC-46A is one option, as is the Lockheed Martin LMXT, which is a modified version of the Airbus A330 Multi Role Tanker Transport.

The C-46A Pegasus is the latest Boeing-designed tanker used for mid-air refueling. In development for more than a decade, the KC-46A takes operations previously handled by the KC-135 Stratotanker and KC-10 Extender.

The Air Force first contracted Boeing in 2011 to manufacture 179 KC-46As to begin modernizing and replacing the Air Force's more than 60 year old KC-135 fleet. Manufactured at Boeing's plant in Everett, Washington, the KC-46A is a variation of the Boeing 767 commercial passenger airliner, and will be off the beaten track as the "Provided Carrier 767-2C which will eventually become the military-configured KC-46 tanker." ,” according to the 88th Air Base Wing at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.

Unlike the KC-135 and KC-10 designed to replace it, the KC-46A refuels the aircraft with its operator using Remote Vision System cameras and sensors to guide the boom into the aircraft being refueled.

The plane has been beset with technical issues due to issues with the RVS, which cost Boeing billions to repair and delay its full integration into the Air Force.

The credible and reliable KC-46A tanker capability is now available to our joint and international partners," General Mike Minihan, commander of Air Mobility Command, said in a statement. “As of May 2021, the KC-46A is not permitted to operationally support any [US Transportation Command] mission. With an outstanding team of professionals across the company analyzing data and making risk-informed decisions, we are deliberately and aggressively accelerating the operational use of Pegasus.”

The tanker has officially cost Boeing more to repair than the total price of the contract it signed with the Air Force. Since the first flight in 2014, Boeing has regularly had to pay fees to fix problems with tankers, such as the RVS system. While Boeing first signed a $4.9 billion deal with the Air Force to build the tanker, the company has raised more than $5 billion in costs due to technical issues.

Ideal size and capability to ensure more explosions in the air throughout the operational theater

The KC-46 delivers more fuel at all ranges and from shorter runways than the KC-135 aircraft it replaces for the US Air Force.

The KC-46 requires less road space than competing commercial derivative tankers, enabling mission range at both forward and hard airfields.

 Proven aerial refueling systems and capacities to support the full spectrum of missions

The KC-46 features a proven boom and hose-and-drogue system capable of refueling all US, allied and coalition military aircraft compatible with international aerial refueling procedures.

The tanker Pegasus has unloaded more than 78 million pounds (35.4 million kilograms) of fuel to various recipients and carried out more than 9,000 sorties.

The modern KC-46 fly-by-wire boom provides a receiving envelope three times larger than the KC-135 receiving envelope it replaced for the US Air Force.

KC-46: Enabling Global Reach With Capabilities, Endurance and Versatility.

The KC-46 is built to US Air Force specifications for combat readiness and survivability.

Multiple layers of combat-ready self-protection and defensive countermeasure systems including the Tactical Situational Awareness Suite; nuclear, chemical and biological hardening; flight deck armor; detection of radio frequency threats; and infrared missile countermeasures.

The KC-46 holds three times as many cargo pallets, up to twice as many passengers and approximately 30% more aeromedical evacuation patients than the KC-135 aircraft it replaces for the US Air Force.

The KC-46's large cargo doors and cargo rollers allow for quick mission reconfiguration. The Pegasus can switch from cargo mode to passenger/medevac mode in two hours.

The KC-46 tanker is capable of carrying as many military standard pallets as the C-17 and is compatible with all US Air Force loaders.

The KC-46 provides emergency oxygen and electrical power for medevac support.

The Advanced Battle Management System, a top modernization priority for the US Air Force, will leverage the flight-proven KC-46 Wing Air Refueling Pod to turn tankers into aerial "internet hotspots" connecting warfighter all-domain data structures at the tactical edge. .

The US production line built the KC-46 to be a tanker from day one — not an aftermarket modification — making it uniquely suited to integrating new capabilities and advanced technology.

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NTC Annual Training prepares units for possible large-scale conflict

By Mili            tary TVNews              July 06, 2022

 

The NTC is an Army combat training center that prepares units for possible large-scale conflicts before deploying. Supporting those efforts meant the unit had to unload vehicles and equipment previously ready to ship to the NTC for training, and then reload it before deploying to the training center Plans for the National Guard’s annual training are looking more collaborative after social distancing themes the past few years. some of the 54 units have plans for large-scale, combined deployment readiness training this year.

 

Pennsylvania’s 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 28th Infantry Division is sending more than 3,500 soldiers to the NTC at Fort Irwin, California, where they’ll practice offensive and defensive combat operations.

 

Close to 600 soldiers from Tennessee’s 30th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 230th Sustainment Brigade are also attending the mass deployment training at NTC, where they’ll provide logistics and supply support for the 56th.

 

Guardsmen from Georgia’s 277th Maintenance Company will also use AT to get back to the basics and put their skills to the test. They’ll travel to Camp Shelby, Mississippi, in support of the Army Reserve’s 206th Transportation Company’s pre-mobilization training.

 

As the 206th accomplishes drivers’ training, 277th Company commander 1st Lt. Ashley Sandford said her team would be there to ensure unserviceable vehicles won’t impede the mission at hand. Assembling at the NTC isn’t an opportunity that comes around often. Especially for units outside of brigade combat teams, said Utah Army National Guard Maj. Adam Ashworth, an administrative officer with the 65th Field Artillery Brigade. For those units, the NTC can send a support package or Exportable Combat Training Capability to designated locations for brigades like the 65th to also get battle drills in.

 

Close to 3,000 National Guard soldiers are expected to attend XCTC in Idaho this summer. In addition to the 1,200 soldiers coming from Utah, soldiers from California and North Carolina will also join the three-week-long exercise.

 

Guam’s National Guard will travel to Camp Roberts, California, where another XCTC is occurring this year. The island’s 105th Troop Command encompasses a range of mission sets, from engineering to the unit’s band. As the command’s 1224th Engineer Support Company prepares for its upcoming federal mobilization, its Hotel Company, 29th Infantry Brigade Company Team, 29th Brigade Support Battalion, will perform the XCTC rotation in support of the 1st Battalion, 294th Infantry Regiment, also from Guam.

Lt. Col. David P. Santos Jr., 105th Troop commander, said the unit also is focusing on its community mission with natural disaster training ahead of Guam’s typhoon season.

The 109th Airlift Squadron with the Minnesota Air National Guard’s 133rd Airlift Wing is taking its AT to the Pacific for Valiant Shield. The joint-service exercise occurs every two years in Joint Region Marianas with operating areas that include Naval Base Guam and Andersen Air Force Base, plus surrounding islands like Rota, Saipan and the Republic of Palau.

 

Pilots and maintainers from the 109th will travel to the exercise in their C-130 Hercules aircraft and provide tactical airlift operations to support joint all-domain warfare training. The “Herc” will perform supply and equipment movement for all of the branches through different methods, including real-world airdrops and specialized refueling operations.

 

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