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

Until the Next-Generation Aerial Refueling System (NGAS) platform is confirmed, the KC-135 will continue handling the Air ...

Depending on fuel storage configuration, the KC-135 can carry up to 83,000 pounds of cargo. Nearly all internal fuel can be pumped through the flying boom, the KC-135's primary fuel transfer method.

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

Vilven: And they're flying what we call a racetrack pattern ... He evaluates pilots who have trained on the KC-135 Stratotanker. Vilven: Before we even take off, there is anywhere from two ...

KC-135 crews have notably begun conducting low-level flying sorties, which would reduce the range at which the aircraft could be detected by hostile radar. Dubbed ‘Angry Kitten Inc 2 Block 2 ...

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 ...

The Alaska Air National Guard’s 168th Wing at Eielson Air Force Base will receive four KC-135 air tankers in the next few years, following formal confirmation from Air Force brass in December.