Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Business Insider recently interviewed a US Air Force boom operator at a base in England. The boom operator is responsible for ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — It's a mid-air mission that keeps America's military aircraft in the sky for a lot longer than normal. Based in Columbus at Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base, the 121st Air ...

The KC-46 tanker’s refueling boom has gotten stuck in at least three fighter jets during missions, resulting in three accidents and damage measured in the tens of millions of dollars, the Air Force ...

Business Insider recently interviewed a US Air Force boom operator at a base in England. The boom operator is responsible for setting up the midair refueling for a receiving aircraft. They shared how ...