When it comes to the air component of the U.S. military, a lack of midair refuelers could be utterly devastating.

Four turbofans, mounted under 35-degree swept wings, power the KC-135 to takeoffs at gross weights of up to 322,500 pounds. A cargo deck above the refueling system can hold a mixed load of ...

Metrea acquires 14 Boeing KC-135 Stratotankers from the French Air and Space Forces for commercial aerial refueling. The deal aims to serve the US and international military market, expanding ...

A new U.S. Air Force analysis recommends continuing the development of NGAD, as well as terminating the NGAS stealth tanker ...

Based on the Boeing 707, the KC-135 is considered by many to be one of the most impressive jets ever designed. Revolutionizing mid-air refueling as the first-ever jet engine-powered tanker ...

Wichita? McConnell Air Force Base will add 522 people and 15 more air refueling tankers as it moves into the newer KC-135R models over the next seven years, U.S. Sen. Sam Brownback said Friday.

The automatic load alleviation and independent disconnect systems greatly enhance safety and facilitate air refueling. The KC-10 can be air-refueled by a KC-135 or another KC-10A to increase its ...

While the Next-Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) fighter and Next-Generation Air Refueling System (NGAS) tanker are seemingly independent capabilities, their fates became intertwined in the monthslong ...

TWZ said 89 KC-46A Pegasus aerial refueling planes would be examined after ... In 2011, the U.S. Air Force chose it to replace older Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker, however the program has been ...

Thus, Boeing’s midair refueling crisis may be going transnational ... and the existing fleet of KC-135 Stratotankers are being held together by a spit-and-polish. If, as the Pentagon fears ...