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Travis Airmen Prep for Future KC-46 With Uncertainty, Excitement

Travis Airmen Prep for Future KC-46 With Uncertainty, Excitement
A U.S. Air Force ground maintenance crew member marshals in a KC-10 Extender piloted by Col. Theresa Weems, 60th Operations Group commander, during her final flight, July 24, 2019, at Travis Air Force Base, California. (U.S. Air Force photo by Heide Couch)

TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Within the next 10 years, the Air Force plans to transition out the majority of its current aerial refueler fleet to make way for the new Boeing [BA]-made KC-46A Pegasus tanker. While a few years will pass before the McDonnell-Douglas KC-10 Extender and the Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker begin to go to the boneyard, bases around the country are already preparing for a transition that changes the layout of their base and eliminates the traditional…

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