The KC-46A is a larger aircraft from start to finish, being bigger, carrying more fuel, carrying it further, and carrying out more missions.

R Stratotanker aircraft have been tracked flying toward and across the Mediterranean, marking a continued buildup of American aerial refueling capabilities in the direction of the Middle East, ...

Once-in-a-century change happening at a California base.

The MRTT program has several key advantages over comparable aircraft like the KC-135—chiefly its ability to draw from ...

Previous deployments of the KC-135 Stratotanker aerial refueler to the Middle East have often come before US military action. The United States Air Force does not disclose the movement of high-profile ...

Twin pilots met in the sky over the Pacific. On a Dec. 4 training flight in Japan, Air Force Capt. Jordan Wesemann was at the controls of his KC-135 tanker aircraft as his twin brother, Capt. Jared ...

The US Air Force Security Assistance and Training (AFSAT) Squadron has co-ordinated Block 45 training for four Turkish Air Force KC-135 tanker pilots. AFSAT is the central management agency for all ...

When it comes to the replacement aircraft for the U.S. Air Force KC-135 tanker fleet, one factor is becoming clearer, according to competitors Northrop Grumman and Boeing: size matters. What the Air ...