In 1967, the crew of this tanker was awarded the MacKay Trophy for the most meritorious flight of the year after it refueled six U.S. Navy aircraft that were dangerously low on fuel. The flight ...
Reliable Robotics, a leader in safety-enhancing aircraft automation systems, today announced completion of a KC-135 Stratotanker Automation Study for the U.S. Air Force (USAF). The study was ...
The U.S. Air Force has ordered its entire fleet of KC-135 tankers to be grounded for inspection over concerns that their tails could fall off mid-flight if not properly fixed. The USAF ordered the ...
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KC-135 Touch and Go Circuits Like You’ve Never Seen
I spent some time watching the USAF KC-135 Stratotanker running training circuits - and caught some impressively low flyovers ...
SIOUX CITY (KTIV) - A KC-135 refueling tanker made a “nose landing” at Sioux Gateway Airport, Wednesday afternoon. A spokesperson for the 185th Air Refueling Wing said, in a statement, the Iowa Air ...
The U.S. Air Force is partnering with Merlin to test its autonomous flight technology, Merlin Pilot, on a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft. Testing will involve progressively autonomous aerial refueling ...
A U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker taxis down the runway during exercise COPE North 20 at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, on Feb. 19, 2020. (Staff Sgt. Divine Cox/U.S. Air Force) WASHINGTON — The ...
WASHINGTON — The Air Force has grounded hundreds of utility aircraft, including KC-135 aerial refueling planes, until they are inspected and found not to have a faulty part in the tail section that ...
An Iowa Air National Guard KC-135 Stratotanker crash-landed at Sioux City Air National Guard Base when its nose gear failed to deploy during a training mission. All five crew members on board were ...
ROLLING MEADOWS, Ill., March 8, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC), in partnership with the Air National Guard's 190 th Air Refueling Wing (ARW), today announced the ...
The Boeing Company BA recently secured a contract for providing horizontal stabilizers for KC-135 jets. The Defense Logistics Agency Aviation, Oklahoma City, OK, has awarded the deal. Valued at $122.7 ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday lifted a lower court's injunction against a $1.2 billion Air Force maintenance contract with Boeing Co that was protested by Alabama Aircraft ...
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