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Air Force marks delivery of its 100th KC-46A tanker

The Air Force has operated the KC-46A since 2022 and expects the aircraft to remain in service into the 2070s.
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The Air Force’s big B-21 Raider bomber gamble

The B-21 Raider is designed to replace the B-1B and B-2, backstop the aging B-52, and anchor America’s long-range strike and ...

US Air Force receives its 100th KC-46A Pegasus air-refueling tanker

The U.S. Air Force took delivery of its 99th and 100th KC-46A Pegasus air-refueling tankers at Travis Air Force Base in ...
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Report to Congress on U.S. Air Force Collaborative Combat Aircraft

The following is the Nov. 28, 2025, Congressional Research Service in focus report U.S. Air Force Collaborative Combat ...

Air Force's next-gen KC-46 Pegasus refueling planes will be based at McGhee Tyson

The next-gen "multirole tanker," in addition to advanced refueling systems, has "defensive countermeasures" and "secure ...
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Air Force practices operating from cut-off bases in fierce future war

The Air Force's agile combat employment concept would prepare units to operate from dispersed, austere bases in a war against ...

Italian air force clip misrepresented as exhibition by India fighter jets

After a fatal crash involving an Indian fighter plane at the Dubai Airshow in November, a video circulated in social media ...