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U.S. Air Force to Ask Congress to Reduce Tanker Requirement, Kendall Says

Frank Wolfe

Wednesday, June 1st, 2022

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U.S. Air Force to Ask Congress to Reduce Tanker Requirement, Kendall Says

A KC-46 Pegasus from the 97th Air Mobility Wing, assigned to the 56th Air Refueling Squadron, Altus AFB, Okla. refuels an F-16 from the 49th Wing, 54th Fighter Group, Holloman AFB, N.M., on December 7, 2020 (U.S. Air Force Photo)

The U.S. Air Force is to ask lawmakers to reduce the number of tankers that the service must have to face the threat from China and to carry out other service responsibilities, Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall said on June 1. "We've got a cap of 479 [tankers], and we're going to ask the Congress to let us go down to 455, and we think that's adequate to deal with the [China] pacing challenge but also do the other things…

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