One of the early built ( LRIP #1) KC-46A's has been finally delivered. 19-46007 delivery flight KPAE- KWRI (McGuire AFB) at March 24th with callsign PUDGY13 to join the 305th Air Mobility Wing, see : https://www.radarbox.com/data/flights/PUDGY13 See for departure video : https://twitter.com/BoeingD...
Jump to postThere are several jets that were assumed to be 2021 models that are actually USAF 2011 serials. From what I gather, the contract for the FY11 models had to be delivered by a certain date, so with the original builds not in any shape to be accepted by the USAF, they reserialed the following as 2011's...
Jump to postIt would appear that C-17A 10-0223 has suffered damage from a pretty substantial brake fire. Video posted on YouTube here https://youtu.be/ZsVqBl9gBz0
Obviously the USAF is doing its best to keep this under wraps at the moment. There was a brief news article saying there were no injuries.
Is there a range difference between the current C-5M and the original C-5A or do both aircraft have the same range? I read that the C-5M can fly TATL/TPAC missions nonstop without air-refueling is that true? Also, I noticed that all 49 C-5Bs and the 2 C-5C got modified into C-5Ms and only 1 out of ...
Jump to postThe USAF has never has any kind of organization when it comes to retirements. Usually retirements come along when a jet hits a critical maintenance requirement like a C/D check. Congress has slowed down the KC-10 retirements due to the KC-46 issues still plaguing the fleet. Originally 16 were suppos...
Jump to posthttps://www.aflcmc.af.mil/News/Article- ... ght-hours/
09-9205 out of Charleston did the ceremonial flight to cross over the 4M flight hour mark. I counted about 26 in the air at the time, so yeah...lol
Just a note from reading this thread; The C-17 hour average is around 17K hours. Only 15-20 are actually above 20K hours. Most are in the 14K-18K range. The most hours on one jet is 26,500K and only one jet is close to that behind it. The next one is down around 23K. Most of the 05-10 models are bet...
Jump to postThe struts on the C-5 have two chambers. The secondary chambers are filled to a set pressure, then the primary chamber is serviced to a X-dimension based on a couple factors.
Jump to postHow often do the struts need to be topped up with N2? I always thought they were non-user serviceable sealed units, similar to the struts installed in cars. Not on planes, serviced often by maintenance. Thanks GalaxyFlyer - learn something new everyday. I knew the guy who over serviced the NLG stru...
Jump to postI had understood that aircraft headed for DM needed to be turned in there in as delivered condition - not missing parts. Must have received dispensation for the boom. HAHAHAHAAA. Yeah, no. Planes headed for the boneyard are often missing parts or have bad parts installed prior to AMARG induction. A...
Jump to postShould of put a sight window and operator pod in...would of saved millions and wouldn't have the problems they are having.
Jump to postIn the USAF, the so called "service bulletin" is called a TCTO. A Time Compliance Technical Order is issued to fix issues discovered by engineering over time. This would be one of those.
Jump to postFrom what I was told, its offset due to the buffeting of the T-tail during wind tunnel testing. It was designed to avoid future problems. Amazing that little of a shift caused that much of a difference.
Jump to postFrom what I've heard, there hasn't been a fix to the problem yet, so I would say no. The fix was released and modified airframes approved to carry cargo and passengers in mid December, https://www.defensenews.com/air/2019/12/20/the-kc-46-is-back-to-carrying-cargo-and-passengers/ I expect every subs...
Jump to postkc135topboom wrote:747classic wrote:kc135topboom wrote:How many KC-46s are now at:
Altus
McConnell
Pease
Do we know if these 3 new tankers have had the cargo tie down locks modified to the new standard?
There seems to be some confusion to the number of jets delivered to Altus. So far 5 jets were delivered to Altus. 028, 027, 025, 032, and 033 McConnell just had their 21st jet delivered on Friday. They have the following, 009, 016, 017, 022, 023, 026, 030, 031, 035, 036, 037, 038, 039, 040, 041, 042...
Jump to postAltus got 17-46027 today. 4628 broke at Boeing and didn't make the trip...Callsign was EXXON 02 for 6027's arrival.
Jump to postAltus AFB received their first KC-46 delivery yesterday. 56th ARS Flies Their First KC-46 Home https://www.altus.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/1749886/56th-ars-flies-their-first-kc-46-home/ They didn't receive them...They accepted them yesterday. They will be flown to Altus tomorrow during a ...
Jump to postDelivery is in progress right now; its going to be streaming on the McConnell FB page. There is a difference between the delivery to the USAF (which 6009 was delivered on 10 January), and actual physical delivery to the base.
Jump to postBoth KC-46A 15-46009 and 17-46031 will be delivered today to McConnell in the delivery ceremony!
Jump to postThe DD-250 was signed for A/C 15-46009. The USAF has possession of it, but it hasn't been delivered to McConnell yet. Reports are the first 4 are going to McConnell, followed by 4 to Altus.
Jump to postTo get back on topic; Pittsburgh has 5 C-17's now. After they get the last 3, it will bring Charleston down to 39 and McChord to 40 C-17's. It never made any sense why Westover split their C-5 fleet and gave 8 jets to Lackland when they would have been a perfect place for another C-17 base. So, now...
Jump to postI ended my C-5 years in 2005, saw the M prototype being converted at Dobbins at a flight manuals review just before leaving. A M flew over the house the other day, probably at 2,000’ AGL, nearly unnoticed. 18 years in it, I wished could have flown the M. An AMP’d A with HT-90s would be good enough ...
Jump to postNo C-17's are in the boneyard, nor have any have been retired (other than T-1 which was the prototype and is at the NMUSAF). It is an odd claim that DefenseNews has also made. It’s unclear what other options would exist to increase the number of C-17 squadrons aside from restarting the production l...
Jump to postAFAIK some C-17 are stored in the desert. They could be reactivated with little money if there is a need. Plus old C-5 can be converted anytime. At the last Farnborough trade show Boeing presented a model family of BWB transports and tankers that might follow the C-17. I don't see a need to build m...
Jump to postAFAIK some C-17 are stored in the desert. They could be reactivated with little money if there is a need. Plus old C-5 can be converted anytime. At the last Farnborough trade show Boeing presented a model family of BWB transports and tankers that might follow the C-17. I don't see a need to build m...
Jump to postI volunteer at the <acronym title="Am-Timan (AMC / FTTN), Chad">AMC</acronym> Museum at Dover AFB and am the DCC of <acronym title="Carpatian Air Transport (Hungary)">KC</acronym>-135E 57-1507. The NMUSAF is waiting for an R model down the road, just as they are going to wait for a C-5M down the roa...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/KC135Hydraulics" class="quote" target="_blank">KC135Hydraulics</a> (<a href="#22" class="quote">Reply 22</a>):<br/><i>Recently, we received two ...
Jump to postWestover is getting the last 5 C-<acronym title="Alpine Aviation (USA)">5A</acronym>'s from Lackland rather than retiring them right away. These last 5 will keep Westover running through the 6-8 month gap during the M model conversion. Lackland has been flying training missions out of Travis and Lac...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/Ozair" class="quote" target="_blank">Ozair</a> (<a href="#15" class="quote">Reply 15</a>):<br/><i>Any rumors on who a potential buyer might be? ...
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Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/CaliAtenza" class="quote" target="_blank">CaliAtenza</a> (<a href="#52" class="quote">Reply 52</a>):<br/><i> India actually wanted 3 more C17's ...
Jump to postThe status of the 10 white tails.... 14-0001 is RA<acronym title="Air France">AF</acronym> A41-212 14-0002 is RA<acronym title="Air France">AF</acronym> A41-213 14-0003 is Boeing C-17A N273ZD (unsold); currently in storage at KSKF 14-0004 is RC<acronym title="Air France">AF</acronym> 177705 14-0005 ...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/chrisnh" class="quote" target="_blank">chrisnh</a> (<a href="#14" class="quote">Reply 14</a>):<br/><i>If I'm not mistaken, all eight of the West...
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Jump to postThe lighting is a huge plus in the M model. I remember when the first three came back after testing and they still had the original insulation...it was "too bright" in there, which is why they picked the darker blue/gray interior. It is still nice and bright in there though!
Jump to postWestover is keeping 8 C-5M's, and have started the downsizing process. Their first C-5M is supposed to arrive in late 2016. They are inducting their B models about every 6 weeks or so, but the first 8 are going to Lackland. Westover is also one of 4 candidate bases for the <acronym title="Carpatian ...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/Karadion" class="quote" target="_blank">Karadion</a> (<a href="#11" class="quote">Reply 11</a>):<br/><i>White Tail List: 14-0001 - 50271 - N270Z...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/ThePointblank" class="quote" target="_blank">ThePointblank</a> (<a href="#13" class="quote">Reply 13</a>):<br/><i> Quoting legs (Reply 12): Yep,...
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Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/KC135TopBoom" class="quote" target="_blank">KC135TopBoom</a> (<a href="#3" class="quote">Reply 3</a>):<br/><i> but if they want more than two, t...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/karadion" class="quote" target="_blank">karadion</a> (<a href="#10" class="quote">Reply 10</a>):<br/><i> Quoting GentFromAlaska (Reply 8): To my...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/infiniti329" class="quote" target="_blank">infiniti329</a> (<a href="#15" class="quote">Reply 15</a>):<br/><i> Quoting LAXintl (Thread starter):...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/TWA772LR" class="quote" target="_blank">TWA772LR</a> (<a href="#11" class="quote">Reply 11</a>):<br/><i>Why don't they just transfer them to som...
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