157th ARW KC-46A arrives at Pease 8th August
Posted: Tue Aug 06, 2019 1:37 am
The first two KC-46A is due to arrive at Pease on Thursday 9pm BST (4pm EST) . Info thanks to the Pease Air Force Base HN Facebook page
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Two KC-46A Pegasus' are expected to arrive at Portsmouth/Pease Intl Tradeport (NH) on 8 August 2019 (16:00 hrs local time).
The 157th Air Refueling Wing of the New Hampshire Air National Guard at Pease was selected as the first Air National Guard Base to receive the new KC-46A tanker, which are replacing the fleet of KC-135 Stratotankers. As reported by Scramble Facebook News (SFN) before, McConnell AFB (KS) received the first two KC-46As in late January.
The last of eight KC-135Rs departed the 157th ARW, 133rd ARS "Live Free or Die" at Pease last March. In the upcoming months, Pease is expected to receive three planes per month for four months in a row, for a total complement of twelve aircraft.
Also based at Pease is the 22nd ARW, 64th ARS. This is an Air Force active Duty associate unit to the 157th, flying the KC-135R, ARW.