The deployment of the 305th EARS represents the beginning of an enduring presence of the KC-46A Pegasus in the CENTCOM AOR ..

Aerial refueling is the process ... Narrator: And Major Emily Kubusek is a KC-135 instructor training the next generation of pilots. Some of the refueling logistics depend on what kind of aircraft ...

The mainstay of the U.S. Air Force’s strategic aerial refueling fleet, the KC-135 Stratotanker is a military version of the 1950s-era 707 commercial passenger jet. The Air Force inventory of 732 ...

While the KC-10’s primary mission is aerial refueling, it can accommodate 75 passengers and transport 170,000 pounds of cargo. The Extender is based on the civilian DC-10 commercial aircraft and ...

Presently, two aerial refueling methods are practiced. One method uses a hose-drogue-probe assembly for the delivery of fuel. Alternatively, probe-drogue refueling (PDR) involves coupling a probe on a ...

This week Naval Diplomat pal Commander Greg Knepper, a naval aviator and fellow at the Brookings Institution, bellows forth a cri de coeur on behalf of aerial refueling. Unglamorous? Maybe.

Sep 8, 2024 Sep 8, 2024 Updated Sep 15, 2024 NEWINGTON — The New Hampshire Air National Guard became the first to receive the new KC-46A Pegasus refueling tankers in 2019, and now history is ...

The aircraft was refueled from an Airbus A330 Multi-Role Tanker Transport (MRTT), which is known in ROKAF service as the KC .

The Boeing Company BA recently secured a modification contract worth $251.4 million for the production of fan duct transactional spares for KC-135 aerial refueling tanker aircraft. The award has been ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Wednesday marked a special day for family members and friends of the 134th Air Refueling Wing as members of the Tennessee Air National Guard Unit return home. The unit's ...

MOSCOW, January 25. /TASS/. Russia’s latest Ilyushin Il-78M-90A aerial refueling tanker has performed its debut flight, the Ilyushin Aircraft Company told TASS on Thursday. "Today, on January 25 ...