Aerial refueling is one of the most demanding and precise maneuvers in military aviation. Two aircraft traveling at hundreds ...

An investigation found that a KC-46A's emergency landing and refueling boom damage in July 2025 was mainly due to the ...

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

20,000 FEET OVER THE ATLANTIC — As the KC-10 tanker hugs the North Carolina coast about 40 miles north of Cherry Point Naval Air Station, six EA-6B Prowlers from Marine Tactical Electronic Warfare ...

Thousands of feet up and racing across the sky at hundreds of miles per hour, US Air Force tankers close to within just 12 feet of fighter jets to refuel them in flight, sometimes as little as 8 feet, ...

For Staff Sgt. Kyle Hunt, refueling an aircraft midflight, tens of thousands of feet in the air, is something like playing a video game. “Trying to guide in there like a claw machine,” Hunt said.

Boeing's Everett Modification Center is where 767 aircraft are transformed into KC-46 Pegasus aircraft. (Jeff Martin/Staff) With the delivery of the Air Force’s new KC-46 Pegasus tanker expected any ...

Business Insider recently interviewed a US Air Force boom operator at a base in England. The boom operator is responsible for setting up the midair refueling for a receiving aircraft. They shared how ...