The Air Force has named the final candidate bases that would serve as the homes for training units for the new KC-46A tanker aircraft. Active installations include Altus Air Force Base, Okla., Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash., Grand Forks Air Force Base, N.D., and McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. Forbes Air Guard Station, Kan., Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., Pease Air Guard Station, N.H., Pittsburgh International Airport Air National Guard Station, pa., and Rickenbacker Air Guard Station, Ohio, are the selectees for possible main operating bases for the Air Guard. The Air Force will conduct further evaluations, including environmental impact assessments, this spring. The active-duty Air Force is expected to take delivery of its first KC-46 aircraft sometime in 2916; the Air Guard will receive the planes sometime in 2018.
