22 ARW completes first 45-hour nonstop KC-46 flight

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Interesting reading of first nonstop KC-46 flight around the world with help from Mildenhall along the way.

https://www.amc.af.mil/News/Article-Dis ... -the-world?

[ColoradoRedlands]

Do we know which airframe did this flight? Also what about the support tankers involved?

[Eagle130]

Do we know which airframe did this flight? Also what about the support tankers involved?

Pretty sure most of it was tracked in this thread (viewtopic.php?f=113&t=245071) but here is what I had tracked.

RCH046 - KC-46 Showing as 20-46075 Departed McConnell (KIAB) on the 30th June and returned again on the 2nd July. Mission string was 8EN 40TB 46 181 Which I have noted from our previous discussions as a training mission for the AMC.

I'm not 100% sure about the tankers, especially over the Middle East/ Indian Ocean but here is my list anyway:
1st leg - Anderson AFB (PGUA) -> PGUA
MDUSA82 17-46037
MDUSA63 20-46076

2nd Leg - Al Udeid (OTBH) -> OTBH - Note that I suspect that two of these might have operated out of Diego Garcia (FJDG) so please take the callsigns with a pinch of salt!
PYTHN19 58-0061
PYTHN20 63-8026

PYTHN21 62-3569 - Another KIAB based tanker - article confirms these were involved I think
PYTHN22 58-0042 - Another KIAB based tanker - article confirms these were involved I think

3rd leg - Mildenhall (EGUN) -> EGUN
RCH722 58-0011
RCH723 63-8008

4th and final leg - KIAB -> KIAB
MDUSA64 16-46023


Another thing to add is the article mentions the KC-46 refuelled various assets (B-2, C-17, F-15), I only found one of those and it was a C-17 out of Hawaii TIGER11 90-0533

[ColoradoRedlands]

Thanks for that. I had seen bits and pieces in various threads, but this is a great recap.