Older refueling tankers like the KC-10 Extender and KC-135 Stratotanker require boom operators to look through a window in the back while steering a boom into the receiving aircraft. KC-135 boom ...

stretching the KC-135 beyond its limits, and waiting for the KC-46 to grow into its full capability after years of industrial fumbles,” says retired USAF General Mike Minihan. As the former head ...

The new tankers, scheduled to arrive by 2029, will replace eight KC-135 planes as the Air Force retires its fleet. The Air Force has been using KC-135 Stratotankers since the 1950s. The new KC-46A ...

The KC-46 Pegasus refueling tanker's troubled remote vision system is now unlikely to see a replacement upgrade until summer 2027, the Air Force said, putting the Boeing program more than three ...

Kansas Speedway said NASCAR moms will be the grand marshals on Sunday with the flyover by KC-135, 350th Air Refueling Squadron from McConnel Air Force Base in Wichita. If you are going to the ARCA ...

On Jan. 17, 1966, Francisco Simo y Orts was going about his day in the coastal town of Palomares when a U.S. Air Force B-52 bomber and KC-135 Stratotanker collided during a refueling mission.

The majority of aircraft in the formation were from the Air Force, including 24 F-35A stealth fighter jets, eight F-15E fighter aircraft, six HH-60 helicopters, six KC-135 aerial refueling tanker ...

Cargo planes, tankers, and spy planes Two MC-130J Commando II special operations cargo planes and six KC-135 Stratotanker refueling aircraft brought up the rear of the formation. Three spy planes ...

The lineup included two dozen F-35A Lightning IIs; eight F-15E Strike Eagles; six HH-60W Jolly Green II helicopters; six KC-135 Stratotankers; two MQ-9 Reaper drones; two MC-130J Commando IIs ...

From rear, an E-3 Sentry, RC-135 Rivet Joint, P-8 Poseidon, six KC-135 Stratotankers, two MC-130J Commando II tankers and various fighters. Air Force photo by Senior Master Sgt. Nadine Barclay And ...

The flyover will be from Turn 1 to Turn 4 at 1:56 p.m. by the KC-135 350th Air Refueling Squadron of McConnell Air Force Base in Wichita, Kansas. DISTANCE: The race is 267 laps (400.5 miles) on the ...