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The KC-46A is a larger aircraft from start to finish, being bigger, carrying more fuel, carrying it further, and carrying out ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Air Force Capt. Jordan Wesemann, left, a KC-135 pilot, and his twin brother Capt. Jared Wesemann, who flies F-35s, connected on a ...

Previous deployments of the KC-135 Stratotanker aerial refueler to the Middle East have often come before US military action. The United States Air Force does not disclose the movement of high-profile ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. When a damaged F-16 flying over hostile Afghanistan territory is leaking fuel and in danger of crashing, the KC-135 crew makes mid-air contact to ...

R Stratotanker aircraft have been tracked flying toward and across the Mediterranean, marking a continued buildup of American aerial refueling capabilities in the direction of the Middle East, ...

House and Senate versions of the FY2026 NDAA offer competing visions for the Air Force’s refueling fleet, threatening to disrupt a newly minted modernization strategy. On Oct. 8, 2025, the United ...