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USAF Looking Into Night Vision Goggle Training for KC-46A Pegasus

Frank Wolfe

Monday, January 22nd, 2024

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USAF Looking Into Night Vision Goggle Training for KC-46A Pegasus

U.S. Air Force aircrew of a KC-46A Pegasus approach the aircraft for student training at Altus AFB, Okla. on Sept. 7, 2021 (U.S. Air Force Photo)

The U.S. Air Force is surveying industry to find companies able to develop Night Vision Goggle (NVG) training and support the latter for the KC-46A Pegasus Aircrew Training System (ATS) at Altus AFB, Okla., from Jan. 1 next year through 2026. A Jan. 19th request for information by Air Force Materiel Command at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio said that the objective of AFMC's market research "is to determine if any contractor has the capability to provide the required Night Vision Goggle…

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