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

A fleet of U.S. Air Force aerial refueling tankers has been grounded pending an investigation after cracks were found on two of them, The War Zone (TWZ) reported on Friday. TWZ said 89 KC-46A Pegasus ...

In 2011, the U.S. Air Force chose it to replace older Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker, however the program has been beset by delays and technical problems. Boeing has halted deliveries of its KC-46 ...

Through the years, the KC-135 has been altered to do other jobs ranging from flying command post missions to reconnaissance. RC-135s are used for special reconnaissance and Air Force Materiel ...

A new U.S. Air Force analysis recommends continuing the development of NGAD, as well as terminating the NGAS stealth tanker ...

The Utah Air National Guard and the US Air Force (USAF) Air Mobility Command have tested a portable Northrop Grumman voice ...

Boeing discovered cracks in the aileron hinges of two KC-46s which were being readied for delivery, prompting the U.S. Air Force to launch a fleet-wide ...

U.S. Air Force plans have called for moving four more KC-135 tankers by the end of September to Eielson AFB, Alaska under the 168th Wing, and a service ...

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 ...

Narrator: And Major Emily Kubusek is a KC-135 instructor training the next generation of pilots. Some of the refueling logistics depend on what kind of aircraft are being flown. The US Air Force ...

SALT LAKE CITY — If you’ve flown out of Salt Lake International Airport, you may have noticed several large military aircraft called KC-135s ... of the Air Force and the United States.