The U.S. Air Force now plans to field 319 KC-46 refueling tankers to fully replace its KC-135 fleet, a major increase for a program originally expected to result in 179 aircraft. The service’s fiscal ...

US refueling aircraft are now stationed at Israel's Ben Gurion Airport. Kharg Island oil terminal attack by April 30 at 8.5% ...

The tragic crash involving the six airmen in Iraq has brought attention to the aircraft they were on, the KC-135 Stratotanker. The refueling tanker was first rolled out more than 60 years ago and part ...

Despite being nearly 70 years old, the Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker is still the backbone of the US Air Force's (USAF) aerial ...

Image Credit: U.S. Air Force photo/Jet Fabara - Public Domain, Wikimedia. A senior United States Air Force official has warned that Boeing must resolve persistent technical problems with its KC-46 ...

The Boeing 767's rise as the United States Air Force’s primary tanker is one of the hardest-fought comebacks in modern ...

KC-46 Pegasus refuels a A-10 attack plane. CONTRIBUTED KC-46 Pegasus refuels a A-10 attack plane. CONTRIBUTED The Air Force has marked the KC-46 Pegasus aerial refueling tanker with three “deficiency ...

It first flew in 1956, when Dwight D. Eisenhower was president. It carries 200,000 pounds of fuel, siphoned away midair through a metal tube. And it doesn’t have parachutes, trapping crews during a ...