Almost 70 years after the type’s first flight, the KC-135 Stratotanker remains the U.S. Air Force’s primary and most numerous aerial refueling aircraft. Now supplemented by the KC-46A Pegasus ...

The KC-46A Pegasus, which entered service in 2019, offers improved refueling capabilities, greater cargo capacity, and longer flight distances compared to the aging KC-135 Stratotanker. If selected, ...

Look, up in the sky! Military and civilian planes dazzled a throng of spectators gathered Saturday, April 12, near Riverside.

The Alaska Air National Guard’s 168th Wing at Eielson Air Force Base will receive four KC-135 air tankers in the ... The additional air refueling platforms will bring the wing to 12 KC-135s ...

The Pegasus will bring increased cargo capacity and improved refueling, protection and flight ... all ranges and from shorter runways than the KC-135 aircraft it’s replacing — while utilizing ...

Boeing is the prime contractor for two key aerial refueling support aircraft models the Air Force uses: the KC-46A Pegasus and the KC-135 Stratotanker. Both aerial refueling aircraft require a ...

The potential sale of U.S. F-16 fighter jets to the Philippines has drawn pushback from China, which views the deal as ...

Guests also watched demonstrations of KC-135 Stratotankers taking off and displays of the air refueling operations of KC-135 and C-17 planes. Deadly US airstrike on Yemeni oil port appears to ...

A B-52 bomber returning to North Carolina, Spain collided mid-air with a KC-135 tanker during a refueling maneuver, resulting ...