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U.S. Air Force Ends KC-Y, Considers AoA on Next-Generation Air-Refueling System

U.S. Air Force Ends KC-Y, Considers AoA on Next-Generation Air-Refueling System
Senior Airman Reid Carter, a crew chief with the 64th Air Refueling Squadron, marshals a KC-46 Pegasus on Jan. 19 at Pease Air National Guard Base, N.H. The mission was the first flight fully generated by all 64th ARS air and ground crews, the Air Natoinal Guard said. (U.S. Air National Guard Photo)

The U.S. Air Force has decided to end the KC-Y program for buying 150 commercial tankers as a bridge to a future Next-Generation Air-Refueling System (NGAS) tanker--the formerly known KC-Z--and may end up buying 75 more Boeing [BA] KC-46As instead, as the service considers an Analysis of Alternatives (AoA) on NGAS. "A lot of this, the AoA will look at, but the kinds of the things that I think are relevant are the ability to go deeper into contested airspace,…

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