Shea-Porter Joins KC-46A Celebration at Pease

On Sept. 7, U.S. Rep. Carol Shea-Porter, D-NH, along with the rest of the New Hampshire Congressional Delegation, joined the 157th Air Refueling Wing to celebrate the news that Pease Air Force Base will be the Air Force’s first Air National Guard-led KC46-A Pegasus main operating base.

Shea-Porter is a member of the House Armed Services Committee.

“This was a very happy celebration with the incredible men and women at Pease,” Shea-Porter said. “The 157th Air Refueling Wing certainly deserves this. They are the reason that Pease was selected as the first main operating base. Now, we all look forward to welcoming the KC46-A to New Hampshire.”

Shea-Porter has strongly supported bringing the KC-46A to Pease. In the 110th Congress, Shea-Porter secured almost $9 million in funding to build a new facility for the WING Headquarters Operations and Training facility at the base. In the 111th Congress, she also secured $10 million to help the 157th Operations Group, which is responsible for the air refueling mission, consolidate its components into a single building, thus improving its command communications and overall efficiency of operations.

In March, Shea-Porter toured the Pease Air National Guard base to meet with Air Force and Air Guard leaders and show her continued support for Pease and the 157th Air Refueling Wing as the Air Force evaluated final candidates to receive the KC-46A tanker. Prior to that, Shea-Porter joined New Hampshire’s Congressional delegation in sending a letter to the Air Force Chief of Staff expressing support for the selection of Pease.

Submitted by U.S. Rep. Carol Shea-Porter’s Office.