U.S. Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., told the Free Press on Thursday that Selfridge Air National Guard Base will be home to a new squadron of 12 KC-46A refueling tanker aircraft, per a conversation ...
The KC-135 is being partially replaced by the KC-46A and may be replaced by next-gen aircraft like JetZero BWB and Stunk Work ...
The first tanker was propeller-driven and today they are based on airliners (the Boeing 707 and 767), but this is soon set to ...
The Alaska Air National Guard's 168th Wing at Eielson Air Force Base will be getting four additional air refueling tankers in ...
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, undisclosed ...
None of the U.S. Air Force’s existing tanker aircraft were capable of holding ... The result was the KC-135Q, an entirely new variant of aircraft. With a top speed of Mach 3, a service ceiling ...
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), today welcomed an ...
An Alaska Air National Guard KC-135 Stratotanker from the 168th Air Refueling ... Force first stated its intention to move the planes to Alaska. There’s still no firm timeline as to when the ...
during the tests of the new NARANG air-to-air refueling pod for the Rafale M. The NARANG pod The French E-2D acquisition The French Air and Space Force usually employs the A400M (together with the ...
12—Four additional KC-135 Stratotankers, the lynchpins of the U.S. military's aerial refueling ... years after the Air Force first stated its intention to move the planes to Alaska. There's still no ...
13—Four additional KC-135 Stratotankers, the lynchpins of the U.S. military's aerial refueling ... are no new Stratotankers. Of the roughly 400 KC-135s still used by the Air Force, most were ...