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KC-10 Extender
Twenty KC-10s were modified to add wing-mounted pods further enhancing their aerial ... systems greatly enhance safety and facilitate air refueling. The KC-10 can be air-refueled by a KC-135 ...
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KC-46A Tanker
It is intended to replace the oldest of the U.S. Air Force’s KC-135 Stratotanker ... be pumped through the boom, drogue and wing aerial refueling pods. The centerline drogue and wing aerial ...
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Air Force OKs 4 more refueling tankers for Eielson Air Guard unit
The Alaska Air National Guard's 168th Wing at Eielson Air Force Base will be getting four additional air refueling tankers in ...
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U.S. Air Force Introduces KC-46 Tanker Demo Team
The 56th Air Refueling Squadron conducted the first ... The aircraft's fuel can be pumped through the boom, drogue and wing aerial refueling pods (or WARPs). All KC-46As are capable of being ...
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USMC KC-130J Completes Circumnavigation of the Globe During Two-Week Mission
The circumnavigation also upheld the KC-130J Super Hercules’ versatility in long-distance logistics and refueling of both fixed and rotary-wing aircraft ... the two air refueling pods.
F/A-18F Shot Down By Friendly Cruiser Was In The Middle Of A Refueling Mission
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 ...
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After a yearslong delay, Air Force agrees to send more refueling planes to Alaska
An Alaska Air National Guard KC-135 Stratotanker from the 168th Air Refueling Wing at Eielson A.F.B. photographed at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson on Sunday, Jan. 17, 2021. (Bill Roth / ADN ...