The aerial ballet playing out 30,000 feet above the Pacific Ocean appears routine: a massive KC-46 Pegasus tanker extends its ...

Summary and Key Points: In June 2025’s Operation Midnight Hammer, seven B-2 stealth bombers flew a 36-hour, 12,000-mile round ...

Aerial tankers might not have the same heroic image as jet fighters or the same firepower heavy bombers do, but their strategic importance is unrivaled in the day-to-day operations and movement of the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker reportedly vanished from radar over the Gulf after transmitting a 7700 emergency squawk, ...

A prototype of the Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider stealth bomber has conducted aerial refuelling with a Boeing KC-135 tanker. The US Air Force (USAF) confirms that the advanced type has conducted aerial ...

Top U.S. Air Force planners told lawmakers that they are divided over how to replace the fleet of aging KC-135 tankers. However, they were unanimous in warning that any delay in starting the purchase ...

General Electric Co. said Monday it signed an agreement potentially worth $180 million to furnish mission control systems for the new aerial refueling tanker aircraft that Boeing Co. will build for ...

The move is a rare use of the probe-and-drogue method for in-flight refuelling by the US Air Force, which typically conducts such missions via a fuel transfer boom. The US Air Force (USAF) has ...

TANKER HOLDUP: The U.S. Air Force has delayed a decision to select a contractor for its future refueling tanker to as late as December. Earlier plans called for selecting a design in October. It is ...

WASHINGTON, DC (WLOX) - Northrop Grumman has decided not to compete for the U.S. Air Force tanker project after determining that the bidding process "clearly favors Boeing's smaller refueling tanker." ...