TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA)— The Distinguished Flying Cross for aerial achievement was awarded to a Technical Sergeant on Tuesday at MacDill Air Force Base. Technical Sergeant Alex Diego, a KC-135 boom ...

Boeing has signalled progress with updating the KC-46 Pegasus tanker’s remote vision system, as it continues to look for sales opportunities in the Middle East. The company has just flown the first KC ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Business Insider recently interviewed a US Air Force boom operator at a base in England. The boom operator is responsible for ...

U.S. Air Force crews inspect a KC-135 stabilizer in 2013. Credit: U.S. Air Force The U.S. Air Force has inspected and cleared its KC-135 fleet after the service discovered falsified certifications at ...

In any conflict with China, aerial refueling will determine whether US fighters and bombers can operate from safe stand-off distances across the vast expanses of the Indo-Pacific. America’s grand ...

After decades of service, a legendary tanker says farewell. Alan de Herrera A retired KC-10 Extender known as Excalibur awaits a six-day mothballing process at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, ...

Less than two months after the US Air Force (USAF) announced plans to significantly expand its purchases of KC-46A tankers from Boeing, US lawmakers are attempting to restrict that proposal, at least ...

The U.S. Air Force expects to field a fix for the stiff aerial refueling boom (ARB) on the Boeing KC-46A Pegasus tanker late in fiscal 2027. “The stiff boom deficiency is being resolved via the boom ...

DETAILS. DO YOU HAVE YOU TURN TEN DEGREES? RIGHT? TEN DEGREES RIGHT AFTER. THEY ARE GAS STATIONS IN THE SKY. THE 1/57 AIR REFUELING WING AT PEASE PLAYS A KEY ROLE IN AERIAL REFUELING BY REFUELING ...

The US Air Force Air Mobility Command has released three Accident Investigation Board reports that trace recent KC-46A Pegasus mishaps to nozzle-binding events during fighter refueling, with ...