In the skies above Los Angeles, air tankers and helicopters silhouetted by the setting California sun dart in and out of ...

It was the day that Northrop Grumman Corporation announced that it had been selected by the U.S. Air Force to provide the KC-45A aerial refueling tanker for the KC-135 tanker replacement program. Most ...

The T-1A Jayhawk’s retirement from Laughlin AFB marks an end to an era in the history of the USAF as it shaped generations of ...

The U.S. Air Force is exploring the use of self-flying tankers for aerial refueling and other missions under a new contract. Boston-based Merlin Labs is the beneficiary of the 19-month ...

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have provided an even better look at the previously secretive remote vision system that is ...

The Air Force struggled for much of 2024 to figure out how — and even whether — to proceed with its planned sixth-generation ...

None of the U.S. Air Force’s existing tanker aircraft were capable of holding JP-7. Instead, the KC-135 would need to be modified to accommodate the novel fuel source. The result was the KC-135Q ...

The Alaska Air National Guard announced Wednesday that the 168th Wing at Eielson Air Force Base will be getting four additional air-refueling tankers in the near future. Alaska National Guard ...

Dan Sullivan, nearly four years after the Air Force first stated its intention to move the planes to Alaska. There’s still no firm timeline as to when the tankers will be in place. The aircraft ...

Yokota Air Base is the Air Force’s key strategic military hub, located in central Japan west of Tokyo. The lack of aerial refueling tankers would reduce the effectiveness of many fighter U.S ...