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U.S. Air Force To Re-Start Night Vision Testing of KC-46A Tanker After Delivery of RVS 2.0

U.S. Air Force To Re-Start Night Vision Testing of KC-46A Tanker After Delivery of RVS 2.0
U.S. Air Force Maj. Kevin Rose, 349th Air Refueling Squadron instructor pilot, and Capt. Kevin Abbott, 344th Air Refueling Squadron instructor pilot, pilot a KC-46A Pegasus while receiving fuel from another KC-46 stationed at McConnell AFB, Kan. on May 5 (U.S. Air Force Photo)

On May 5-6, a KC-46A Pegasus tanker assigned to the 22nd Air Refueling Wing at McConnell AFB, Kan., flew more than 24 hours straight--the longest mission in the history of Air Mobility Command (AMC), according to the U.S. Air Force. During the more than 9,000-mile journey, rotating pilots caught sleep every few hours, as the Boeing [BA]-built aircraft did dry refueling runs with another KC-46A, refueled four U.S. Marine Corps F-35Bs by Lockheed Martin [LMT] and was refueled by another…

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