The Air Force last month began soliciting industry for information on mission system options beyond delivering gas for its Next Generation Air-Refueling System, lighting a fire under an ongoing effort to accelerate the program to counter growing threats in the Indo-Pacific. The service’s mobility fleet needs to quickly transform to generate greater capability, improved flexibility and stable capacity, officials have said, especially if near-peer adversaries such as China begin to target U.S. logistics chains. Air Mobility Command typically presents a...
