The Air Force may have to keep its aging KC-135 tankers flying beyond their planned 2050 retirement, depending on how many ...

A new U.S. Air Force analysis recommends continuing the development of NGAD, as well as terminating the NGAS stealth tanker program which was supposed to support the next gen fighter in contested ...

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For about a decade the Air Force has been trying to replace its fleet of KC-135 air refueling tankers, the big jets that act as flying gas stations for warplanes. In the latest attempt ...

A new U.S. Air Force analysis that recommends a systems-based approach to achieve survivable air refueling renders moot a next-gen stealthy tanker like the one pictured. Credit: Lockheed Martin ...

The US Air Force (USAF) is wrapping up analysis meant to determine the service’s need from a future tanker aircraft. That evaluation includes factors such as runway requirements, fuel transfer ...

The U.S. Air Force has recently paused deliveries of Boeing’s KC-46 Pegasus tanker aircraft and launched a fleet-wide inspection on the 89 aircraft currently in service. This decision came after ...

The retirement comes as the Air Force begins preparing for integrating the KC-46 into the Total Force tanker enterprise. Select portions of the legacy tanker fleet will be gradually divested ...

The debate at this week’s Air & Space Force Association’s Warfare Symposium focused on a plea to President Trump to "Make the Air Force Great Again." In the spirit of a post-mission aircrew ...

A new U.S. Air Force analysis recommends continuing the development of NGAD, as well as terminating the NGAS stealth tanker program which was supposed to support the next gen fighter in contested ...