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

Four turbofans, mounted under 35-degree swept wings, power the KC-135 to takeoffs at gross weights of up to 322,500 pounds. A cargo deck above the refueling system can hold a mixed load of ...

Based on the Boeing 707, the KC-135 is considered by many to be one of the most impressive jets ever designed. Revolutionizing mid-air refueling as the first-ever jet engine-powered tanker ...

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 ...

Air Force leaders settled on a different approach that seeks to achieve survivable air refueling through conventional large tankers, such as the Boeing KC-46 and KC-135. Instead of fielding large ...

(U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. John Raven) While a Boeing 767 derivative too, the KC-46A Pegasus the U.S. Air Force selected to replace the older KC-135 features a stretched fuselage ...

58 total The Boeing-built KC-46 tanker is a military version of the 767 commercial aircraft. It is intended to replace the oldest of the U.S. Air Force’s KC-135 Stratotanker fleet -- some of ...

Trump nominated Troy Meink to fill that role. Meink is a former Boeing KC-135 navigator and acquisitions official at the agency managing the USA’s spy satellites. While Meink has not indicated ...

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 ...