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Boeing converted its 767 airliner into a military tanker that can refuel other planes midair meet the KC-46A Pegasus
The Pegasus is Boeing's newest air refueler, having started production in February 2011 and sending…
Taylor Rains  Â
Milestones with 2 new planes show the US and China trying to improve on the same important mission
The Y-20 and MQ-25 are radically different aircraft, but both will allow US and Chinese military ai…
Christopher Woody  Â
The US Navy's new pilotless tanker plane just refueled an aircraft carrier fighter jet for the first time, and this is what it looked like
Watch an MQ-25 Stingray drone refuel an F/A-18 Super Hornet, the first time a pilotless plane has r…
Ryan Pickrell  Â
The Air Force has sent the first of 59 aerial refueling tankers to the 'boneyard'
A KC-10 Extender aerial refueling tanker, tail number 86-0036, headed to the Air Force's "boneyard"…
Shaun Eagan, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst Public Affairs  Â
The captain of an oil tanker refused to refuel a Russian ship to protest Ukraine's invasion. The crew is 'very proud' of him, wife says.
Insider spoke to the wife of the Georgian oil tanker captain who refused to give fuel to the Russia…
Sophia Ankel  Â
The Air Force's new helicopter hooked up with an aerial refueling tanker for the first time
The Air Force's new combat search and rescue helicopter has added a new capability to its repertoir…
Samuel King Jr., US Air Force  Â
Problems with Boeing's new refueling tanker could cause a much bigger headache for the Pentagon
"Because that delay is built in and because ... the Air Force had already planned on the retirement…
Christopher Woody  Â
Tankers filled with dirty Russian oil are piling up around Asian ports ahead of fresh EU sanctions
A fleet of tankers carrying high-sulfur Russian fuel oil have anchored around Malaysia and Singapor…
Brian Evans  Â
These are the 6 Marines who died when a fighter jet collided with a refueling tanker off the coast of Japan
"It is with heavy hearts that we announce the names of our fallen Marines," U.S. Marine Corps Lt. C…
Ryan Pickrell  Â
The Air Force's brand-new tanker is being tested with the service's biggest plane
"The KC-46s being used for this test effort are owned by Boeing and operated by a combined Air Forc…
Tech. Sgt. James Hodgman, 60th Air Mobility Wing Public Affairs  Â
A day after another Iranian tanker arrives in Venezuela, the US sends another warship to sail along its coast
The US Navy's second freedom of navigation operation off the coast of Venezuela this year comes a d…
Christopher Woody  Â
The US Air Force refuels combat jets in midair with a 'flying boom system' - watch it in action
Vilven: And they're flying what we call a racetrack pattern, where they're just flying in a circle,…
Alexandra Appolonia,Uma Sharma  Â
Here's how the US military refuels B-52 warplanes in midair
Here's how the mission is completed: The receiver aircraft approaches the tanker plane from behind.…
Alexandra Appolonia  Â
The US Air Force wants a bunch of new tankers to take the fight to China
In recent months, as tensions between Washington and Beijing have soared to "dangerous" levels, the…
Ryan Pickrell  Â
Boeing's struggling Air Force tanker program now has more problems
The other issue involves the centerline drogue system, the tanker's other refueling system, which i…
Christopher Woody  Â
Boeing's struggling Air Force tanker program may be headed for more trouble
Two other issues, which have been lowered to category II, involve the tanker's high-frequency radio…
Christopher Woody  Â
US Marines mourn a 'charismatic' fighter pilot killed in refueling crash off Japan, as search continues for 5 missing
The 28-year-old F/A-18 pilot assigned to "the Bats" of Marine All Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 2…
Ryan Pickrell  Â
Boeing is ramping up inspections after the US Air Force rejected its new KC-46 tanker planes again
"We are currently conducting additional company and customer inspections of the jets and have imple…
Benjamin Zhang  Â
The Air Force says the struggling KC-46 tanker program has completed the final tests needed for delivery
"I am encouraged by the team's progress in putting another significant milestone behind us," Goldfe…
Christopher Woody,Reuters  Â
The Air Force's struggling tanker program is facing questions about its ability to withstand electromagnetic pulses
"The program uninstalled or deactivated multiple mission critical systems prior to testing and, the…