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A fighter pilot breaks down one of his most dangerous tasks: aerial refueling

Although I had only been in the air for 20 minutes, I was exhausted from the amount of focus it took.

Aerial Refueling

F-22 Refueling

Air Force KC-135 crew locates missing mariners on lone Pacific island

Guardsmen from the 203rd Air Refueling Squadron, Hawaii Air National Guard (ANG) and the 171st Air Refueling Wing, Pennsylvania ANG locate three missing mariners on Pikelot Island during a search...

‘There are profound problems with the system’ — the Air Force’s desperately-needed tanker replacement is still years away

The Boeing KC-46 Pegasus is designed to replace the aging KC-135 Stratotanker, but a problem with the new plane’s design will prevent it from doing so until 2023 or 2024.

The Air Force wants to get rid of some of its most well-known aircraft. Here’s what’s on the chopping block

The $207.2 billion total spending in the Air Force's 2021 budget request would part with a number of noteworthy aircraft, including 17 B-1B Lancer bombers and 44 A-10 Thunderbolt ground-attack...

KC-135 carrying middle school girls makes emergency landing at Macdill Air Force Base

The 21 passengers on board the so-called STEAM flight were local middle school students on a flight to promote women in aviation, said Lt. Brandon Hanner, spokesman with the 6th...

More problems with Air Force’s new tanker could put the squeeze on the Pentagon’s refueling capabilities, TRANSCOM chief says

Protracted delays on Boeing's new KC-46 tanker could leave the Pentagon with a shortage of refueling capacity, the head of U.S. Transportation Command warned on Tuesday

The Air Force Wants To Keep The KC-135 Flying For 100 Years

A smaller Air Force with aging aircraft plans to fly its KC-135 refueling tankers — eight of which are operated … Continued

An Airman’s Simple Fix For The 60-Year-Old KC-135 Could Save The Air Force A Cool Million

The window behind Tech. Sgt. Shawn Roberge’s computer at Fairchild Air Force Base reveals a shop arranged with metal fabrication … Continued