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HASC Wants USAF to Explore Commercial Re-Use of Aged Tankers to Provide Surge Capacity

Frank Wolfe

Wednesday, June 21st, 2023

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HASC Wants USAF to Explore Commercial Re-Use of Aged Tankers to Provide Surge Capacity

U.S. Air Force KC-46A Pegasus aircraft taxi during an integrated mission sortie of four KC-46As and three KC-10s at Travis AFB, Calif. on Feb. 8th (U.S. Air Force Photo)

The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) wants to hear from U.S. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall on the possibilities for commercial air refuelers to provide a wartime surge capacity for the service's fleet of Boeing [BA] KC-135, KC-10, and KC-46A Pegasus tankers. "The committee continues to recognize the stresses on the Air Force’s tanker refueling fleet and annual unmet aerial refueling requirements," according to an en bloc amendment to H.R. 2670 by freshman Rep. Mark Alford (R-Mo.), a member of…

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