A KC-46 Crew Gutted Out a Day and a Half-Long Mission to Prove the Air Force Can Offset Its Dwindling Number of Tankers

A KC-46A Pegasus crew took off from New Hampshire Wednesday morning. They landed 36 hours later after flying 16,000 miles non-stop, demonstrating that the USAF’s newest tankers can persist over the Pacific despite the fact that they won’t replace aging KC-135s one-for-one.