At the beginning of January 2024, the Department of the Air Force (DAF) selected Selfridge Air National Guard Base (MI), as the preferred location to host the next Boeing KC-46A Pegasus unit. 

 

Pending the outcome of a planned environmental impact analysis in 2025, it is expected that a dozen KC-46As will replace the aging A-10C 107th Fighter Squadron "Red Devils" Thunderbolt IIs and 171st Air Refueling Squadron "Michigan six pack" KC-135R/T Stratotankers at Selfridge.

 

The twenty MI coded Thunderbolts at Selfridge are expected to begin divestment in 2026, and the eight KC-135R/Ts there are expected to begin divestment in 2027.

 

If everything will work out as planned, Selfridge will receive twelve new KC-46As that are projected to start arriving in 2029 and will bring enhanced capabilities. Those capabilities will include multi-point air refueling capability (boom and drogue refueling on the same sortie) and also carrying simultaneously cargo on the entire main deck floor.