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Air Force

Air Force Says KC-46A Tanker Has Two New Glitches

By Marc Selinger

Thursday, March 15th, 2018

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Air Force Says KC-46A Tanker Has Two New Glitches

A KC-46A tanker is refueled by a second KC-46 for the first time, as seen from the tanker’s air refueling operator station. (Boeing photo)

The U.S. Air Force says its KC-46A tanker program recently learned that two of the plane’s systems -- the Centerline Drogue System (CDS) and the Remote Vision System (RVS) – are not yet meeting performance requirements.The CDS is a hose-and-drogue refueling system attached to the belly of the fuselage. The RVS is a camera that allows the operator to determine whether the CDS or the refueling boom is working properly. The program office was notified of the CDS and RVS “deficiencies”…

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