Fighter jets (and other aircraft, like helicopters) often have to travel extreme distances, so how do they stay fueled? Easy.

U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 459th Air Refueling Wing, conducted an aerial refueling mission in support of the 4th ...

The original vision system for the KC-46 was beset by troubles such as distorted images, but its replacement also has ...

is stationed in the rear of the plane and controls the boom during in-flight air refueling. A special shuttlecock-shaped drogue attached to and trailing behind the flying boom may be used to ...

Omega Air Refueling, based in San Antonio, Texas, has operated its own fleet of aerial refueling aircraft since 1999. The company initially operated specially converted Boeing 707 aircraft ...

A KC-10 Extender flies in an aerial refueling track over Northern California and Oregon on December 12, 2023. Travis Air Force Base is the last U.S. Air Force installation to operate KC-10 ...

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an aircraft from the U.S. Air Force’s Air Mobility Command (AMC)—the command of the branch responsible for managing its aerial refueling operations—took fuel from a commercial tanker.

CENTCOM also confirmed Wednesday morning that KC-135 Stratotankers from an aerial refueling squadron based at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, had also arrived at an undisclosed location ...