AF locks in plan for future KC-46A basing at Seymour Johnson AFB, NC

摘要

The Air Force has locked in plans to base KC-46A aircraft at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, NC, a move that comes following completion of an environmental impact study that found no significant impacts associated with establishing the service's third main operating base for the new aerial refueling tanker in the Tar Heel state. Air Force spokeswoman Ann Stefanek said Sept. 13 that the service, which in October 2015 the base as the preferred location for the KC-46As, notified North Carolina lawmakers that the decision is now final. Tinker Air Force Base, OK, Westover Air Reserve Base, MA, and Grissom Air Reserve Base, IN, were identified in 2015 as "reasonable" alternatives.