The Air Force’s 218th production C-17 arrived for beddown at JB Lewis-McChord, Wash., earlier this month. Col. Bruce Bowers, commander of Air Force Reserve Command’s 446th Airlift Wing, piloted the factory-fresh airlifter from Boeing’s assembly plant in Long Beach, Calif., to McChord Field on Sept. 14, according to a Sept. 21 base release. The 446th AW cooperates with the Active Duty 62nd AW to operate and maintain McChord’s three C-17 flying squadrons. The Air Force has ordered 224 C-17s. (McChord photo caption by Sandra Pishner)
Deliveries of Boeing’s troubled KC-46A Pegasus tanker to the U.S. Air Force have restarted after a roughly three-month pause, the aerospace giant announced. Two KC-46s were delivered to Travis Air Force Base, Calif., May 16, after a pause due to cracks in multiple brand-new aircraft that led the USAF to…