BIG AVIATION REPORT

Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 15:27:33 MT

SIMPLE FLYING · DEFENSE

HOW MANY MILES PER GALLON DOES A KC-46 PEGASUS GET?...

A Boeing KC-46 Pegasus can burn through more than four gallons of jet fuel for every mile it flies, at least if the aircraft is judged by the same crude miles-per-gallon calculation used for a car.

SCOTT: Watch the airframe and the training pipeline, not the parade footage. Programs live or die in the schoolhouse.

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