TANKERS - KC-135

 

Mission

  • Supports all strategic US air refueling operations
  • Secondary missions include cargo/passenger transport, aeromedical evacuation and C2

Current Lines of Effort


KC-135 Modernization
  • Real Time Information in the Cockpit (RTIC)
  • CNS/ATM Block 45
  • Mobile User Objective System (MUOS)
  • Aero-I SATCOM Replacement
  • COMM2 Crypto and Data
  • KY58 Radios
  • Rudder Position Indicator
  • Center Console Refresh

KC-135 Sustainment for 374 aircraft, average age 58 yrs
  • Largest organic depot in USAF at OC-ALC
  • F108 engine depot at OC-ALC
  • Weapon System Integrity Program

TANKERS - KC-10

KC-10 Divestments

  • 17 aircraft remaining in service; 42 aircraft retired 
  • 2 Aircraft in Museums (Dover AFB, Delaware, and March Air Reserve Base, California)
  • 37 Aircraft at the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group (AMARG), Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona
  • 8 KC-10 Engines Sold via GSA Sales

KC-10 Sustainment for 17 aircraft, average age 35 yrs

  • Closed Loop Contractor Logistics Support (CLS)
  • Airframe CLS Contract (V2X Aerospace)
  • Engine CLS Contract (Lockheed Martin)
Division Locations
 
  • Tinker AFB, OK
  • KC-10 Liaisons at Travis AFB CA

TANKERS - KC-46 PEGASUS


​Mission
  • Provides multi-point aerial refueling, cargo/passenger transport, and aeromedical evacuation
Current Lines of Effort

Development 
  • Working fixes for major deficiencies: Remote Vision System 2.0 & Boom Telescope Actuator Redesign
  • Wing Aerial Refueling Pods (WARPs)
Production/Foreign Military Sales (FMS) 
  • Total 179 KC-46s planned; 38 aircraft delivered (a/o Oct 20)
  • Five productions lots on contract (67 a/c); lots 6 and 7 in negotiation
Test
  • Initial Operational Test & Evaluation, ECD FY2024 
  • A/R receiver certification ongoing at Edwards AFB 
Sustainment 
  • First organic Depot C-check induction, Sep 20 
  • First organic commodity activation (live support systems), Oct 20
  • Maintenance manual task verification nearly complete (95%) 
Training 
  • Aircrew Training System (Flight Safety Services Corp)
  • Maintenance Training System (Boeing BGS St. Louis)
  • Type I Training (Boeing BGS Seattle)
Foreign Military Sales
  • Executing FMS case for Japan; 4+ countries in development
Program Office/Depot Locations 
  • Wright-Patterson AFB, OH; Tinker AFB, OK
  • Boeing Program Office, Everett, WA