On Apr. 10, 2025, a C-17 from Joint Base Lewis-McChord became the first in the U.S. Air Force Air Mobility Command to take fuel from a commercially contracted KDC-10B. Omega Air Refueling, based in ...

The Royal Air Force (RAF) Typhoons successfully conducted their first air-to-air refueling operations with a German Air Force Atlas A400M tanker aircraft. This new capability significantly enhances ...

The planned NGARS system would allow American aircraft to refuel in contested airspace—giving the US Air Force a major edge over its great-power rivals. The Next Generation Air Refueling System (NGARS ...

For fighter jets to project power any significant distance from their nation's borders, they need aircraft carriers, forward ...

Photographs show the boom of a KC-46 Pegasus was ripped off during a mishap while refueling F-22 Raptors last week. (Air Force) A KC-46A Pegasus refueling tanker was forced to conduct an emergency ...

Aircraft that fly via propellers often require less fuel than fighter jets, which is one of the reasons the U.S. military still uses propeller-driven aircraft. Still ...

Three of the Air Force’s newest and most advanced refueling tankers sustained a combined $22 million in damage in similar airborne accidents when refueling probes became stuck in fighter jets during ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — For the third time in four years, the 134th Air Refueling Wing has earned one of the Air Force's top honors for excellence in combat support operations. The Meritorious Unit Award ...

The next-gen "multirole tanker," in addition to advanced refueling systems, has "defensive countermeasures" and "secure ...

SIOUX CITY (KTIV) - The best in the nation. That’s the word from Joint Base Andrews as the U.S. Air Force names the Maintenance Team at Sioux City’s 185th Air Refueling Wing the best of the best. “As ...