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| Date: | Tuesday 8 July 2025 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing KC-46A Pegasus |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 17-46033 |
| MSN: | 34113/1147 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2018 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Atlantic Ocean, off Virginia Beach, VA -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Wichita-McConnell AFB, KS (IAB/KIAB) |
| Goldsboro-Seymour Johnson AFB, NC (GSB/KGSB) |
On 8 July 2025, a United States Air Force KC-46A Pegasus tanker aircraft of the 22nd Air Refueling Wing operating under the callsign "FELL 81" lost its refueling boom while refueling F-22 aircraft of the 1st Fighter Wing.
The aircraft made an emergency landing at Seymour Johnson AFB.
Sources:
https://www.twz.com/air/kc-46-tankers-boom-just-broke-off-during-f-22-refueling-mission
https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=ae5e0e&lat=35.068&lon=-85.179&zoom=5.1&showTrace=2025-07-08&leg=2
https://www.airandspaceforces.com/kc-46-boom-damaged-f-22s/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rC_xX9JwlSE
https://www.twz.com/air/kc-46-tankers-boom-just-broke-off-during-f-22-refueling-mission
https://www.planespotters.net/airframe/boeing-767-200-17-46033-united-states-air-force/r7w987
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/17-46033#3b283de2
https://x.com/zaphod58/status/1943836993177497611
Media:
Posted to the Air Force amn/nco/snco Facebook page. This is the KC-46 that landed at Seymour-Johnson after the accident the other day. pic.twitter.com/0s4Svb92Ir
— Steven Fortson (@zaphod58) July 12, 2025
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Jul-2025 08:11 | nhofmann54 | Added |
| 09-Jul-2025 09:00 | Nebo | Updated [Cn, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 15-Jul-2025 13:21 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Source, Embed code, ] |
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