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 ...

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 ...

As an epilogue, Omega Air continues to refuel US aircraft with ex-Japan Airlines and Dutch KC-10 even after the Air Force ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - The U.S. Air Force recently announced it is fulfilling its commitment to base four KC-135 refueling planes at Eielson Air Force Base in Alaska, and Sen. Dan Sullivan ...

Narrator: And Major Emily Kubusek is a KC-135 instructor training the next generation of pilots. Some of the refueling logistics depend on what kind of aircraft are being flown. The US Air Force ...

Dec. 13—Four additional KC-135 Stratotankers, the lynchpins of the U.S. military's aerial refueling operations, have been assigned to Eielson Air Force Base near Fairbanks, and with them around 220 ...

Refueling a plane midair sounds tricky and crazy if you don’t have hours of training and knowledge on how it works. Staff Sgt ...

Newsweek has contacted the Chinese Defense Ministry for comment by email. The U.S. Air Force's 18th Wing, which is the host aviation unit for Kadena Air Base, published photos on Thursday that showed ...

16, 1965 crash of a KC-135 Stratotanker shortly after it took off from McConnell Air Force Base (Courtesy USAF 22nd Air Refueling Wing History Office) The formal accident report indicated several ...