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C-46 Pegasus
 
Latest update: October 2024
 
KC-46A operators: Unites States Air Force
 
No. Command Squadron Wing Base No. delivered Inventory Comment
1 AMC 64th/344th/349th ARS 22nd ARW McConnell AFB, KS 24 24 Associate AFRC 18th/905th/924th ARS.  931st ARW.
2 AETC 56th ARS 97th AMW Altus AFB, OK 8 8  
3 ANG 133rd ARS 157th ARW Pease ANGB, NH 12 12  
4 AFRC 77th ARS 916th ARW Seymour Johnson AFB, SC 12 12  
5 AMC 2nd/32nd ARS 305th AMW JB McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, NJ 18 26 Associate AFRC76th ARS / 78th ARS, 514th AMW.
6 AMC 6th/9th ARS 60th AMW Travis AFB, CA 5 26 Associate AFRC 70th ARS / 72nd ARS, 349th AMW.
7 AMC 50th/91st ARS 6th ARW McDill AFB, FL 0 24 Associate AFRC 63rd ARS / 927th AMW.
8 AFRC 336th ARS 452nd AMW March AFB, CA 0 12  
      To be selected   0 35  
               
Total         79 179
           
  Boeing Defense 5
Japan 4
           
Total         88
Comment(s):

The 452nd ARW is the last wing to have been selected to receive the KC-46A. Five more AFRC wings were selected to receive the KC-46A. March AFB was chosen first, the other potential Pegasus bases, all to be assigned 12 tankers are:
Squadron Wing Base Aircraft Number
         
756th ARS 459th ARW Andrews AFB, MD KC-135R 12
314th ARS 940th ARW Beale AFB, CA KC-135R/T 12
72th/74th ARS 434th ARW Grissom AFB, IL KC-135R 12
328th ARS 914th ARW Niagara Falls IAP, NY KC-135R 12
465th ARS 507th ARW Tinker AFB, OK KC-135R 12
171st ARS 127th WG Selfridge ANGB, MI KC-135R 12
         
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Another seven Air Force Bases / Wings were selected to receive the KC-46A. In 2027 the decision will be taken which Wing(s) will transition from KC-135R to KC-46A operations.

Squadron Wing Base Aircraft Number
132nd ARS 101st ARW Bangor IAP, ME KC-135R 12
117th ARS 190th ARW Topeka / Forbes Field, KS KC-135R 12
153rd ARS 186th ARW Meridian / Key Field, MS KC-135R 12
151st ARS 134th ARW McGhee Tyson ANGB, TN KC-135R 12
166th ARS 121st ARW Rickenbacker ANGB, OH KC-135R 121
108th ARS 126th ARW Scott AFB, IL KC-135R 12
106th ARS 117th ARW Sumpter Smith ANGB (Birmingham), AL KC-135R 12
         
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