Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst receives first two KC-46 tankers

By Courtney Albon / November 10, 2021 at 9:48 AM
JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, NJ -- The Air Force’s only active-duty air refueling base in the Northeast corridor received its first two KC-46 tankers on Tuesday. The 305th Air Mobility Wing at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, NJ, which currently operates the KC-10, is slated to receive 24 new tankers over the next few years -- 15 in fiscal year 2022 and nine in FY-23. As the new aircraft arrive at a cadence of about one per month, the wing will divest its...

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