• Active Duty Airman bridges gap to welcome KC-46 to Guard base

    The arrival of the KC-46 Pegasus will be colossal for the Air Force, but the small contracting office at Pease Air National Guard Base, New Hampshire, needed assistance to transition smoothly. Pease’s contracting office has less than one-third of McConnell’s manpower; yet the base has the most

  • Future KC-46 home prepares for winter with arrival of de-icing tanks

    With the upcoming potential for freezing temperatures, the base welcomed the arrival of two de-icing tanks capable of supporting the KC-46 Pegausus, Sept. 12.The 68-foot-long tanks were hauled from Los Angeles and will be put in the ground below the flightline to store de-icing fluid as well as the

  • KC-46 construction projects continue

    The first home of the KC-46 Pegasus is taking shape through ongoing construction projects here, totaling $267 million.“We’re smack-dab in the middle of, and approaching the end of the overall construction program,” said Capt. Daniel Gartland, KC-46 Program Integration Office chief of design and