Boeing has spent the last year preparing to ramp up production after a midair panel blowout slowed everything down in January ...

But such line breaks are expensive and inconvenient, Stonecipher said, and if there is a stoppage, Boeing would perform half of the 767-to-tanker modifications work during the jet’s initial ...

A fleet of U.S. Air Force aerial refueling tankers has been grounded pending an investigation after cracks were found on two ...

Boeing discovered cracks in the aileron hinges of two KC-46s which were being readied for delivery, prompting the U.S. Air ...

58 total The Boeing-built KC-46 tanker is a military version of the 767 commercial aircraft. It is intended to replace the oldest of the U.S. Air Force’s KC-135 Stratotanker fleet -- some of ...

The general in charge of the service's fleet of cargo and refueller aircraft says the service has been evaluating its needs ...

Boeing and the US Air Force have temporarily paused deliveries of the KC-46A Pegasus tanker after cracks were found on two ...

Costly delays for Air Force's KC-46 Pegasus In 2011, Boeing won a bid to build a massive new tanker aircraft for the US Air Force, known as the KC-46 Pegasus. It's a conversion of its 767 ...

The KC-46 was born from the KC-X program, for which Boeing submitted its KC-767 tanker proposal in 2007. The aircraft, however, was based on the in-development 767-200LRF (Long Range Freighter ...