Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall raised a warning flag on the service's ability to afford a next-generation refueling tanker ...

and wing refueling pods during refueling operations. This new tanker utilizes an advanced KC-10 boom, a center mounted drogue and wing aerial refueling pods allowing it to refuel multiple types of ...

The KC-46A is a very capable tanker with self-defense capabilities. It can refuel most fixed-wing, receive-capable aircraft. Its refueling boom is driven by a fly-by-wire control system. The hose and ...

A contract awarded in February calls for the firm to design, integrate, test, and—by early 2025—perform an in-flight demonstration of the Merlin Pilot aboard the aerial refueling tanker. Merlin will ...

A U.S. Navy F/A-18F Super Hornet was conducting a refueling mission over the Red Sea when it was downed in a friendly fire ...

Victor served as a nuclear deterrent against the Soviet Union and strategic photoreconnaissance aircraft and a refueling ...

Aerial refueling is the process of transferring fuel from one aircraft, the tanker, to another aircraft, the receiver. It allows the Air Force to conserve fuel by not forcing fighters to seek out ...

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Case in point, the “Refuel” propane tank monitor from Wink. Though there’s also logos for Quirky and GE on the package as well, and even a picture of the guy who came up with the idea.

A friendly fire incident in the Red Sea this past weekend that saw a U.S. Navy Ticonderoga class cruiser down an F/A-18F ...

Alternatively, probe-drogue refueling (PDR) involves coupling a probe on a receiver aircraft with a probe receptacle (drogue) attached to a flexible, fuel hose from the tanker aircraft. PDR requires ...