The fourth and final test aircraft has joined the KC-46 Pegasus fleet after a 767-2C, known as EMD-3, completed its first flight April 25, according to a Boeing release. The 767-2C—a KC-46 without the aerial refueling system—took off from Paine Field in Everett, Wash., and flew for one hour and 40 minutes, reaching a maximum altitude of 39,000 feet before landing at Boeing Field, south of Seattle. It will be used for environmental control system testing. Of the four Pegasus test aircraft, two are 767-2Cs, both of which will later become KC-46 tankers. EMD-1, the first 767-2C, has flown more than 300 test hours since its maiden flight in December 2014. The first full KC-46 tanker has successfully refueled an F-16C, F/A-18, and AV-8B since its first flight in September 2015. The second KC-46A complete?d its first flight in early March.
NASA Boss: Race to Moon Has National Security Stakes
Sept. 15, 2026
NASA is pushing hard to get astronauts back to the moon by 2028—and the urgency is driven in no small part by the national security implications of doing so before China does, Administrator Jared Isaacman said Sept. 15.
