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U.S. Transportation Command Re-Examining Tanker Requirements

U.S. Transportation Command Re-Examining Tanker Requirements
A KC-46 Pegasus assigned to the 931st Air Refueling Wing, McConnell AFB, Kan., lines up to refuel a U.S. Navy Blue Angels F/A-18 Hornet on July 1, 2020 over South Dakota. (U.S. Ai) r Force Photo)

U.S. Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM) is re-examining tanker requirements and collaborating with the combatant commands to alleviate risk associated with the retirements of Boeing [BA] KC-135 and KC-10 tankers and the delayed fielding of fully operational Boeing KIC-46A Pegasus tankers, Air Force Gen. Jacqueline Van Ovost, the head of USTRANSCOM, told House Armed Services Committee legislators on March 31. During a joint hearing of the HASC seapower/projection forces and readiness panels, Rep. Trent Kelly (R-Miss.), a major general in the National…

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