The first tanker was propeller-driven and today they are based on airliners (the Boeing 707 and 767), but this is soon set to ...

XAC (Xi’an Aircraft Corporation) has not fallen behind CAC and SAC exposing new aircraft this year, and has now flown its ...

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 ...

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 ...

On December 20, 1957, the inaugural flight of the Boeing 707-120 took place, with FAA certification being granted on ...

There are two clear intakes below wing ... refueling training, had the refuel boom scrape down to the bare metal in a long, oblong American-football-shaped scratch all around the backbone of the plane ...

1st Lt. Taylor Nave 134th Air Refueling Wing Dec 21, 2024 Dec 21, 2024 × This page requires Javascript. Javascript is required for you to be able to read premium ...

The Alaska Air National Guard's 168th Wing at Eielson Air Force Base will be getting four additional air refueling tankers in ...

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (KCAU) — Congressional lawmakers from all three Siouxland states are once again asking the U.S. Department of Defense and the Air National Guard to prioritize the 185th Air Refueling ...

On Saturday, 11 members of the Tennessee Air National Guard's 134th Air Refueling Wing were honored for heroism in a mission that took place in April. The 11 members received the Distinguished ...