The ceremony recognized the aircraft for its contributions to the Air Force over ... Command's Total Force tanker enterprise. "This aircraft, like all the aircraft in our KC-10 fleet, has served ...

A massive new tanker is revitalizing the Air Force's refueling fleet. Here's what we know about whether Forbes Field will get ...

It is intended to replace the oldest of the U.S. Air Force’s KC-135 Stratotanker ... refueling operations. This new tanker utilizes an advanced KC-10 boom, a center mounted drogue and wing ...

The USAF cut spending after the Cold War, and there were no basing restrictions due to air-to-air refueling. Air-to-air refueling allows planes to extend range and take heavier loads. The USAF ...

The Air Force may have to keep its aging KC-135 tankers flying beyond their planned 2050 retirement, depending on how many new tankers it buys in coming years and whether a next-generation ...

Embraer believes its KC-390 is well positioned to enter the US Air Force's (USAF's) future inventory in a proposed "Agile ...

For about a decade the Air Force has been trying to replace its fleet of KC-135 air refueling tankers, the big jets that act as flying gas stations for warplanes. In the latest attempt ...

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

The Portsmouth Air Traffic Control tower handled 75,886 operations in Fiscal Year 2024. The airport is home to 12 KC-46 refueling tankers that ... 98 in the entire Air Force,” according to ...

The U.S. Air Force is considering Forbes Field Air National Guard Base in Topeka as a potential site for the new KC-46A Pegasus refueling tanker. A final decision will be made in fall 2025 after ...

The visit is a "crucial step" in identifying the Air Force’s next home for newly built KC-46A Pegasus refueling tankers, the Forbes-based 190th Air Refueling Wing of the Kansas Air National ...