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KC-135 Tankers To Finally Get Fuel-Saving Winglets
THE WARZONE via Yahoo News· 1 year agoKC-135 The U.S. Air Force looks set to finally add winglets to a portion of its KC-135 Stratotanker aerial refueling fleet. The service says putting...
KC-135 Tankers Being Eyed For Drone Launcher Role
THE WARZONE via Yahoo News· 9 months agoThe US Air Force's Air Mobility Command is still pushing ahead with an idea to turn its KC-135 aerial refueling tankers into drone motherships. The U.S....
Lockheed Bails On KC-135 Tanker Replacement Competition
THE WARZONE via Yahoo News· 8 months agoLockheed Martin says it no longer plans to compete for a contract to replace a portion of the Air...
A-10 Warthogs Have Refueled From A Contractor's KC-135 Tanker
THE WARZONE via Yahoo News· 5 months agoMetrea Aerospace became the first to use a private-owned tanker to refuel U.S. aircraft tactical...
KC-135 tanker autopilot now safer to use in flight, Air Force says
Air Force Times via Yahoo News· 9 months agoA new restriction bars airmen from turning on the autopilot when flying at an altitude of less than...
KC-135 tanker jet crashes at Iowa airport; none injured
Air Force Times via Yahoo News· 8 months agoA KC-135 Stratotanker aerial refueling jet belonging to the Iowa Air National Guard crash-landed on...
Utah Jazz logo marks Utah Air National Guard aircraft
Deseret News via Yahoo News· 11 months agoUtah Jazz dancers Layla Pope and Jill Cardenas unveil Utah Jazz nose art on a KC-135 at the Utah Air...
Century Of Aerial Refueling Celebrated By Tanker Flyovers Across U.S.
THE WARZONE via Yahoo News· 12 months ago100 years aerial refueling One hundred years ago today, over California, two U.S. Army Air Service...
Air Force flyovers around US celebrate 100 years of air refueling
Military Times via Yahoo News· 12 months agoTo celebrate 100 years of air refueling, the Air Force is conducting community flyovers across the...
Balloon Intercepted By U.S. Air Force Over Texas
THE WARZONE via Yahoo News· 1 year agoNorth American Aerospace Defense Command sent fighters, a supporting KC-135 tanker, and an E-3 Sentry Airborne Warning And Control aircraft after a...