Initial plans had called for the JASDF to field three KC-46s in 2020, but issues with the programme pushed back the delivery date. The aircraft will supplement the service’s four KC-767 tankers.

The options for the third and fourth JASDF KC-46As were exercised in October 2020 under a $342 million contract. Japan will form a new squadron for its KC-46As at Miho Air Base to operate ...

Initial plans had called for the JASDF to field three KC-46s in 2020, but issues with the programme pushed back the delivery date. The aircraft will supplement the service’s four KC-767 tankers.

Boeing is assembling the KC-46A aircraft for the United States and Japan on its 767 production line in Everett, Wash. Boeing's Japanese partners produce 16% of the airframe structure.

According to company figures, the take-off run of the KC-46A’s baseline 767-200ER platform with PW4062 engines at maximum take-off weight (MTOW) is stated to be 2,439 m, its maximum speed is ...

From Aug. 4 to Aug. 8, 2023, the Italian Lightning II jets will conduct bilateral training with the local based F-15s of the 6th Air Wing, that will also be supported by the KC-767 tankers of the ...

The announcement comes after the US Air Force revealed in mid-June that Japanese crews had begun training on the KC-46A, pointing out that the first cadre of 12 JASDF students from the service's ...

Japan’s first new-generation 767-based tanker is in the air and due for delivery to the JASDF later this year. Japan’s first KC-46A was seen emerging from the Everett paintshop in full JASDF ...