co-pilot and boom operator) The mainstay of the U.S. Air Force’s strategic aerial refueling fleet, the KC-135 Stratotanker is a military version of the 1950s-era 707 commercial passenger jet.

the service's sole air-to-air refueling tanker that is equipped with two underwing pods for refueling, as well as a centerline hose. According to one pilot, there were subtle differences between ...

Lockheed Martin will develop an experimental technology to enable an automated refueling system for a notional, future fleet ...

Following is a transcript of the video. Narrator: These Air Force pilots are refueling their C-17 Globemaster III at 26,000 feet in the air. Narrator: The pilots rendezvous with a KC-10 refueler ...

The KC-46s belongs to the 931st Air Refueling Wing at McConnell Air Force ... the arresting cable broke during the first ...

Air Force General Randall Reed, who leads the U.S. Transportation Command (TRANSCOM), spoke recently about the B-21’s aerial refueling requirements ... An attorney, pilot, guitarist, and minor ...

Revolutionizing mid-air refueling as the first-ever jet engine ... and 72 in Air Force Reserve units. Each time pilots and airmen from the Roland R. Wright National Guard Base take to the skies ...

Members of the Russian Knights aerobatic team has for the first time practiced aerial refueling ... air-to-air missiles and precision-guided air-to-ground weapons. The Su-30SM can be used to train ...

MOSCOW, November 21. /TASS/. Pilots of MiG-31 interceptor fighters and Su-24 bombers of the Northern Fleet’s air regiment practiced mid-air refueling from an Il-78 aerial refueling tanker in ...