New images circulating online appear to show the U.S. Air Force’s next-generation B-21 Raider stealth bomber performing its first publicly observed aerial refueling, offering a rare and fleeting ...

U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress pilots performed 70-degree banks during mid-air refueling as part of the “Whifferdill” ...

Six U.S. service members were killed when a KC-135 refueling aircraft crashed in western Iraq Thursday afternoon after a mid-air incident with a second aircraft, officials confirmed. A U.S. KC-135 ...

The United States has shown off the first flight of the robot aircraft set to make jet fighter missions more deadly. The autonomous MQ-25A Stingray will refuel warplanes in mid-flight to allow them to ...

The first operational Boeing MQ-25A Stingray has taken to the sky for the first time. On April 25, 2026, the carrier-based autonomous aerial refueling plane took off from MidAmerica Airport in ...

The Pentagon has identified six U.S. service members who were killed when a KC-135 refueling aircraft crashed in western Iraq during a combat mission in support of Operation Epic Fury. The incident, ...

A multi-billion dollar next-generation aerial tanker program managed at Wright-Patterson has completed mid-air refueling tests and awaits the Pentagon’s approval to buy the first batch of aircraft, ...

According to flight tracking data from Flightradar24, the aircraft had taken off from Al Dhafra Air Base in the United Arab Emirates when it transmitted the distress signal.