The Debrief: Next Generation Airlift Is Coming, But Not Anytime Soon
JetZero hopes the U.S. Air Force demonstrator will pave the way for a multirole long-range tanker-transport. A version depicted here is configured with both flying-boom and pod-mounted drogue refueling systems.
Credit: JetZero
An internal consensus is forming about the aircraft that will one day replace the Lockheed Martin C-130J and C-5M and the Boeing C-17, even if prospects for delivering the new strategic and tactical airlift fleets within the next two decades are growing dim. As currently envisioned, the family of...
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