USAF Ending KC-Y Competition, Likely To Buy 75 More KC-46s

Brian Everstine March 07, 2023

KC-46

Credit: Defense Department
AURORA, Colorado—The U.S. Air Force wants to formally kill its KC-Y “Bridge Tanker” program as it accelerates its future Next Generation Air Refueling System (NGAS) and will likely buy another 75 KC-46 tankers in the interim to bridge the gap. Andrew Hunter, the service’s assistant secretary for...
Brian Everstine

Brian Everstine is the Pentagon Editor for Aviation Week, based in Washington, D.C. Before joining Aviation Week in August 2021, he covered the Pentagon for Air Force Magazine. Brian began covering defense aviation in 2011 as a reporter for Military Times.

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