Air Mobility Command chief Gen. Duncan McNabb stopped by Yokota AB, Japan, during a nine-day tour of AMC operations across the Pacific, to say “thank you for the great work” of the 730th Air Mobility Squadron at Yokota. McNabb said: “When you think about the Pacific Rim and about its importance to our country … if we have to undertake combat operations, our ability to come through Yokota becomes absolutely essential.”
KC-46’s Refueling Boom Damaged While Refueling F-22s
July 8, 2025
A U.S. Air Force KC-46 tanker suffered damage to its boom while refueling F-22 Raptors off the coast of Virginia on July 8, Air & Space Forces Magazine has confirmed, with reported radio communication from the crew indicating the boom “detached.”