The Air Force may have to keep its aging KC-135 tankers flying beyond their planned 2050 retirement, depending on how many ...

The Alaska Air National Guard’s 168th Wing at Eielson Air Force Base will receive four KC-135 air tankers in the next few ...

军闻网站「Defense one」24日报导，由于下一代空中加油机计画尚未明朗，美国空军考虑让KC-135加油机延长服役至2050年之后；若延寿计画获准，KC-135将 ...

With the KC-10 Extender phased out in 2024 and the aging KC-135 Stratotanker fleet gradually being retired, the USAF has little choice but to persevere with the Pegasus, despite its troubled ...

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KC-135 crews have notably begun conducting low-level flying sorties, which would reduce the range at which the aircraft could be detected by hostile radar. Dubbed ‘Angry Kitten Inc 2 Block 2 ...

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The MD-11 was a failure for McDonnell Douglas, which merged with Boeing in 1997. It was also a failure for most passenger ...

City folk may have been stirred from sleep early this morning by the roar of military aircraft flying overhead. At around 6.20am, two F-35s and two F-15s - fighter jets based at RAF Lakenheath - were ...