Tinker AFB bidding to land Reserve unit of KC-46 tankers

Eight Air Force bases including Tinker Air Force base in Oklahoma City are in the running to receive the next KC-46A Pegasus tanker units, the service announced.

Two active-duty installations, Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, and MacDill AFB, Florida, are competing for 24 KC-46A jets that will replace older KC-135 Stratotankers.

“Site surveys at each candidate main operating base will be conducted this summer and will be assessed against operational requirements, potential impacts to existing missions, housing, infrastructure and manpower,” the Air Force said in a release.

It plans to pick its preferred locations this fall.