Air Combat Command operates the OC-135 as an observation platform in compliance with the Open Skies Treaty. The KC-135RT aircraft continue to undergo life-cycle upgrades to expand their ...

At a distance of just 370 miles, Kadena is the closest American air base to Taiwan, a self-ruled island that China has long claimed as its own territory and has reserved the right to use force against ...

a former Air Force KC-135 tanker aircraft navigator and former deputy of the National Reconnaissance Office, as his choice to serve as the top civilian leader for the Air Force. Meink has almost ...