High school students visit 171st Air Refueling Wing
The 171st Air Refueling Wing is trying to find new ways to recruit, so they invited more than 500 high school students to the ...
Col. Cory Damon, McConnell AFB, On The Importance Of Midair Refueling
McConnell may not be the biggest Air Force refueling base, but it is the only one that houses both KC-135 and KC-46 tankers.
KC-135 Battles Storms And Icing To Refuel Thunderbirds F-16s In Midair
As a space buff, I knew the KC-135 was used to train astronauts for weightlessness. But its main mission is USAF aircraft ...
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U.S. Air Force Establishes First KC-46A Pegasus Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron
The deployment of the 305th EARS represents the beginning of an enduring presence of the KC-46A Pegasus in the CENTCOM AOR, ...
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Skunk Works Reveal New Stealthy Tanker Concept With Twin Flying Booms
The notional concept comes as the U.S. Air Force prepares for an analysis of alternatives for the Next Generation Aerial ...
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Next-gen stealth tanker may be unaffordable, Air Force secretary fears
A bow wave of modernizations — including the Air Force's desire to build a sixth-gen fighter and drone wingmen — has ...
National Interest on MSN20h
The U.S. Air Force Has Much Bigger Plans Than NGAD Fighters
The U.S. Air Force is pursuing advanced modernization programs, including the NGAD sixth-generation fighter, CCA drone swarms ...
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Eaton selected by U.S. AFRL to design aerial refueling system
Intelligent power management company Eaton (ETN) was awarded a $3.5M Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) contract to design a new podded refueling boom, enabling traditional and non-traditional tanker ...
National Interest on MSN1d
'Stealth Tankers' What the F-22 and F-35 Would Love and China Would Freak
Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works has revealed concept imagery for the KC-Z, a next-generation stealth aerial refueling tanker ...
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Ninth Air Force Unveils Next-Gen Air Refueling in CENTCOM
The first enduring U.S. Air Force KC-46A Pegasus Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron was established in the U.S. Central ...
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Buddy refueling enhances combat capability of China's aircraft carrier: Experts
In an impressive display of air-sea combat capability, China's aircraft carrier-based fighter jets captivated onlookers at the Airshow China on Tuesday with buddy refueling techniques lauded by ...