The US Air Force’s Air Mobility Command (AMC) received its 99th and 100th KC-46A Pegasus tanker/transport aircraft on 2 December 2025 during an arrival ceremony at Travis Air Force Base (AFB) in California.
Lieutenant General J P Healy, chief of the Air Force Reserve and the commander of Air Force Reserve Command, flew the 99th KC-46A in formation alongside General John D Lamontagne, the AMC commander, who flew the 100th aircraft into Travis AFB.
“Today marks not just the arrival of the 100th KC-46 delivered, but the continued strengthening of our nation’s global reach and readiness,” the US Air Force quoted Gen Lamontagne as stating. “The Pegasus represents a key chapter in air mobility, one built on innovation and unwavering commitment to the mission. To the airmen who will fly, fix and support this aircraft, you carry forward a proud legacy of excellence.”
The US Air Force received its first two KC-46s, at the 22nd Air Refueling Wing at McConnell AFB in Kansas, on 25 January 2019. AMC certified the KC-46A as deployable worldwide on 14 September 2022 after its first operationally tasked mission in a combat zone when it refuelled two F-15E Strike Eagles assigned to the 335th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron in the US Central Command area of operations.
On 25 November 2025 Boeing announced that it had been awarded a Lot 12 contract by the US Air Force for 15 additional KC-46As, meaning that there are now 183 KC-46A multi-mission tankers on contract or in service.
The USAF initially planned to acquire 179 KC-46s under the KC-X programme, but this number has since been raised to 188.
