The Pacific Ocean is vast beyond imagination — a theater of operations where the nearest friendly airfield can sit hundreds of miles behind you and the enemy’s missiles can reach even further. In this ...

Aerial refueling sounds straightforward enough — one aircraft passes fuel to another mid-flight. But when that mission ...

Boeing had touted the capabilities of the Pegasus—noting that it can refuel US, allied and coalition aircraft with both a “fly-by-wire boom and hose-and-drogue system,” and carry passengers, including ...

A 2025 accident was the fourth time since 2022 that a design flaw known as "nozzle binding" in the Air Force's newest, high tech tanker played a role in a refueling accident.

After several delays, the U.S. Air Force accepted its first KC-46 tanker from Boeing on Thursday. The U.S. Air Force has accepted the first Boeing KC-46A Pegasus tanker aircraft, setting the stage for ...

KC-46 Pegasus refuels a A-10 attack plane. CONTRIBUTED KC-46 Pegasus refuels a A-10 attack plane. CONTRIBUTED The Air Force has marked the KC-46 Pegasus aerial refueling tanker with three “deficiency ...

June 9 (Reuters) - The U.S. ⁠Air ⁠Force is confident a fix ⁠has been found for long-running troubles with a key system on Boeing's KC-46 aerial refueling tanker, Air Force Secretary Troy Meink ‌told a ...

Multiple large gray colored U.S. Air Force aircraft lined up in a row on a runway. - Staff Sgt. Victoria Nelso/af.mil Fuel is the literal lifeblood of all military aircraft. Missions in contemporary ...

Credit: U.S. Air Force An air-launched self-defense weapon for tanker aircraft is now under study by four companies selected by the U.S. Air Force for the first phase of a new acquisition program. The ...

The move is a rare use of the probe-and-drogue method for in-flight refuelling by the US Air Force, which typically conducts such missions via a fuel transfer boom. The US Air Force (USAF) has ...

Washington ― Once signed into law, the Michigan Legislature's approval of $152 million for a runway project at Selfridge Air National Guard base is expected to unlock $792 million in federal military ...