USAF ‘woefully behind’ on modernizing mobility aircraft, airlift commander says

AURORA, Colorado—The Air Force’s top mobility leader is pushing for decades-old air transports and tankers to be replaced sooner than the late 2030s, as currently planned.Lt. Gen. Reba Sonkiss, the interim head of Air Mobility Command, told reporters on Tuesday that the service needs to seriously discuss what the future replacement for the decades-old C-5 and C-17 transports will be. She added that tankers, such as the KC-135, are on track to refuel next-generation bombers as they ne