
DAYTON, Ohio —The Air Force is moving through the process of assessing what a future aerial refueler will look like beyond the new KC-46A Pegasus, the service’s program executive officer for the tanker directorate said June 19. The last order for Boeing’s [BA] KC-46 tanker is scheduled for 2027 with Lot 13, and the Air Force will have to decide whether to increase and improve upon the program of record of 179 as a “KC-Y” upgrade or to move straight…