Pegasus to Start Limited Ops Soon

The Air Force’s next-generation tanker is starting to go operational, but in a very limited way, with the goal of freeing up older planes for combat deployments, Air Mobility Command boss Gen. Jacqueline D. Van Ovost said during the Air Force Association’s virtual Aerospace Warfare Symposium. AMC announced Feb. 24 it is phasing the KC-46 into operations, by making it available to U.S. Transportation Command for taskings that would otherwise be filled by KC-135s and KC-10s, based on what the Pegasus has been cleared to do. Read more ►