As Air Mobility Command gradually recapitalizes its fleet of 60-year-old KC-135 Stratotankers, it "may need to look at a service life extension" to keep the refuelers in the air beyond their stated 2050 retirement date and fill in capability gaps, AMC Commander Gen. John Lamontagne said recently. “I think that’s where we’re headed,” he said during a pre-recorded discussion hosted by Defense One and broadcast yesterday. Depending on the outcome of an analysis of alternatives to determine if the...
