Air Force’s ‘Big Sexy’ aerial refueler
will fly no more starting next year
Posted By: FL_Absentee_Voter, 2/2/2023 3:30:25 PM
The world’s skies will be a little less sexy starting next year. The Air Force on Sept. 1, 2024, will retire its fleet of KC-10A Extenders, aerial refuelers that can also transport troops or cargo, an Air Force news release said. [snip] The KC-10 can carry 170,000 pounds of cargo and 356,000 pounds of fuel with a maximum takeoff weight of 590,000 pounds, compared with 212,299 pounds of fuel and 65,000 pounds of cargo for the KC-46, according to Air Force fact sheets.
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The KC-46 also replaces the human boom operator in the aft end of the plane with a series of cameras. The story is that the composite image presented to an operator in the forward end contains latency and is often of poorer resolution than the human eye, resulting in occasional strikes to the receiving aircraft and damage to their stealth coatings. At least the Air Force was able to dodge McCain's Airbus refueler.