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Air Force

USAF Looking To Accelerate NGAS Delivery From 2040 To 2036

Frank Wolfe

Monday, October 6th, 2025

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USAF Looking To Accelerate NGAS Delivery From 2040 To 2036

A U.S. Air Force KC-46 Pegasus aircraft from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., taxis during the Talisman Sabre 25 exercise in Australia on July 16th (U.S. Air Force Photo)

Rather than hold a competition between Boeing [BA] and Airbus on a tanker that would have served as a step toward the Next Generation Air Refueling System (NGAS), the U.S. Air Force has determined that development of such a mid-stage tanker is unaffordable and that the service will instead focus on accelerating NGAS by four years--from 2040 to 2036--and buying another 75 Boeing KC-46A Pegasus tankers between 2031 and 2036. The Air Force plans to have 188 KC-46As by 2030.…

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Army

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Army

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