
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…