What it takes for a 322,500-pound plane to fly fast and low like a fighter. At Airshow London SkyDrive 2025, the U.S. Air Force’s KC-135 Stratotanker provided the answer in a performance that combined ...

DETAILS. DO YOU HAVE YOU TURN TEN DEGREES? RIGHT? TEN DEGREES RIGHT AFTER. THEY ARE GAS STATIONS IN THE SKY. THE 1/57 AIR REFUELING WING AT PEASE PLAYS A KEY ROLE IN AERIAL REFUELING BY REFUELING ...

Calls for a specific squawk code to be designated for gliders have emerged after a USAF KC-135 Stratotanker came within 15 metres of colliding with a glider over Eastern England. On Apr. 8, 2025, a KC ...

Previous deployments of the KC-135 Stratotanker aerial refueler to the Middle East have often come before US military action. The United States Air Force does not disclose the movement of high-profile ...

Business Insider recently interviewed a US Air Force boom operator at a base in England. The boom operator is responsible for setting up the midair refueling for a receiving aircraft. They shared how ...

A KC-135 Stratotanker from the Kansas Air National Guard’s 190th Air Refueling Wing based at Forbes Field in Topeka performed a flyover at Children's Mercy Park on Saturday, June 28, 2025. 31,191 ...

The US Air Force Security Assistance and Training (AFSAT) Squadron has co-ordinated Block 45 training for four Turkish Air Force KC-135 tanker pilots. AFSAT is the central management agency for all ...

ABOARD DEFENSE SECRETARY DONALD RUMSFELD'S AIRCRAFT, Oct. 18 — -- I'm sitting behind the pilot of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's E-4B aircraft, a highly customized and heavily armored ...

On June 30, the French Air Force retired its last three Boeing KC-135RG Stratotankers, ending over six decades of operations with the aircraft type. A formal ceremony was held at Air Base 125 in ...

The Maine Air National Guard, nicknamed the MAINEiacs, will receive $50 million in federal money to build a new hangar in Bangor. “Home to the MAINEiacs, the Maine Air National Guard’s 101st Air ...

The US Air Force is hoping that its KC-46 fleet will be able to handle a Chinese invasion of Taiwan, but logistical problems are complicating this plan. The KC-46 drama continues as the US Air Force ...