McConnell Air Force Base is relocating its KC-135R Stratotanker and KC-46A Pegasus tanker aircraft to other military bases ...

McConnell Air Force Base is relocating its KC-135R Stratotanker and KC-46A Pegasus tanker aircraft to other military bases ...

KC-135R with tiger motif. The photographs in this post were taken on Jun. 22 at McGuire Air Force Base, NJ, by Richard Porcelli. They show a special 141st Air Refueling Squadron (108th Wing, NJ ANG) ...

Rockwell Collins has been selected to improve the communications capabilities of the US Air Force’s KC-135R fleet with the implementation of a Real Time Information in the Cockpit (RTIC) system, the ...

DAYTON — A new historic plane is set to be arriving at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force today. The KC-135R Stratotanker is set to be landing around 9:30 a.m., according to the museum’s ...

The aerial tanker is likely to remain in the United States for long-term repairs—but the on-site patch-up to keep it airworthy for the return trip is an accomplishment in itself. Despite the damage, ...

I've flown in airplanes plenty of times, but I've never taken a quick afternoon flight to Missouri and Colorado to refuel an airplane until two days ago. I’ve flown in airplanes plenty of times, but I ...

A U.S. Air Force KC-135R Stratotanker takes off from Grissom Air Reserve Base, Ind., on March 5, 2016. (Tech. Sgt. Benjamin Mota/U.S. Air Force) MELBOURNE, Australia — A U.S. Air Force Boeing KC-135R ...

A US Air Force KC-135R Stratotanker issued an emergency squawk 7700 near the Strait of Hormuz before vanishing from radar, ...

A Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker has gone missing over Qatar. The plane had issued an emergency distress signal while flying over the Persian Gulf near Iran. The aircraft, which is known as a ‘flying gas ...

The Turkish air force has received its first Boeing KC-135R tanker with major upgrades to its flightdeck. The ‘Block 45’ modification sees the flightdeck extensively updated with liquid crystal ...