Posted on Jun 7, 2022
KC-46 Tanker's Recent "97 Percent" Milestone Isn't The Whole Story
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KC-46 Tanker's Recent "97 Percent" Milestone Isn't The Whole Story
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So what are they doing with them?
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Back in 2020, now-retired Air Force Gen. David Goldfein, who was then Chief of Staff of the Air Force, had publicly revealed that the service was not using the KC-46A for routine combat or non-combat aerial refueling missions. He further said that the service would employ these tankers in support of combat operations except to support emergency contingencies.
"That 2020 position still applies," Air Force Maj. Hope Cronin, an AMC spokesperson, told The War Zone on June 3. "From an AMC standpoint, we currently stop short of full combatant command deployments, barring emergency need."
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Back in 2020, now-retired Air Force Gen. David Goldfein, who was then Chief of Staff of the Air Force, had publicly revealed that the service was not using the KC-46A for routine combat or non-combat aerial refueling missions. He further said that the service would employ these tankers in support of combat operations except to support emergency contingencies.
"That 2020 position still applies," Air Force Maj. Hope Cronin, an AMC spokesperson, told The War Zone on June 3. "From an AMC standpoint, we currently stop short of full combatant command deployments, barring emergency need."
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Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen
Well the "official" answer is they use them for training missions which frees up other aircraft for the routine combat or non-combat refueling missions.
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Maj Robert Thornton
Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen while they continue to take older tankers out of service. Yesterday it was about cargo, today it's fueling, I wonder what tomorrow's Air Force Times will bring us.
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Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen
Maj Robert Thornton Actually cargo is back in the news with them. Only cargo aircraft still in production is C-130 and supplying Ukraine has shown we need more airlift.
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