USAF tanker update

First KC-46A test aircraft resumes airworthiness flights

An artist's impression of the KC-46A refuelling a Boeing C-17 Globemaster III. First flight of a KC-46 had been scheduled for April 2015 but is now expected to occur within months. Source: Boeing

Boeing's first KC-46A test aircraft has resumed airworthiness flights

The company is expected to deliver four test aircraft this year and 18 operational aircraft in 2017
The first US Air Force (USAF) Boeing KC-46A Pegasus aerial refuelling tanker test aircraft on 28 May resumed flights after a nearly five-month hiatus, a company spokesman said on 1 June.