AIRWAY HEIGHTS, Wash. -- One of the oldest and rarest air fuel tankers got some upgrades earlier in November at Fairchild Air Force Base. The KC-135 model has been around since the 1950s. Other Air ...

The U.S. Air Force Air Mobility Command has suggested their KC-135 Stratotanker fleet may serve beyond 2050 with a life extension and upgrade program. Almost 70 years after the type’s first flight, ...

Lockheed Martin first rolled out its A330 MRTT-derived proposal, known as the LMXT, in September 2021. This would have involved converting Airbus A330s into an Air Force-specific MRTT configuration at ...

An F-16 Fighting Falcon, assigned to the 64th Aggressor Squadron, conducts air-to-air refueling with a KC-135 Stratotanker during U.S. Air Force Weapons School Integration at Nellis Air Force Base, ...

Reliable Robotics participates in a KC-135 fly along to inform integration of its autonomous flight system into the airframe and boom. Credit: Reliable Robotics Reliable Robotics has completed a road ...

The familiar orange tiger tail of the KC-135 Stratotank disappeared into the sky over McGuire Air Force Base a final time last month, as the iconic military refueling plane flew off for another duty ...

FARNBOROUGH—The U.S. Air Force has not decided on its plan to replace much of its KC-135 fleet following its buy of KC-46As, and will soon finalize a study on a future, clean-sheet tanker—if there is ...

Ramstein Air Base delivers an epic lineup of US military airpower in action! This video features close-up footage of iconic aircraft including the KC-130J, the HC-130J Combat King II, the refueling ...

(Tribune News Service) — The familiar orange tiger tail of the KC-135 Stratotanker disappeared into the sky over McGuire Air Force Base a final time last month, as the iconic military refueling plane ...