A U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft crew with the 32nd Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron refuels Royal Bahrain ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — It's a mid-air mission that keeps America's military aircraft in the sky for a lot longer than normal. Based in Columbus at Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base, the 121st Air ...

Business Insider spoke to a boom operator about their responsibilities aboard a KC-135 tanker at a base in England.

Despite being more than six decades old, the U.S. navy's E2 Command and Control aircraft continues to receive upgrades, and is capable of mid-flight refuelling.

Logistics, from satellite life extension to in-space assembly, will become common elements of future military operations, according to speakers at the MilSat Symposium here. “The way the space domain ...

In any conflict with China, aerial refueling will determine whether US fighters and bombers can operate from safe stand-off distances across the vast expanses of the Indo-Pacific. America’s grand ...

The United States conducted aerial refueling training earlier this month, deploying aircraft from bases across the Pacific to demonstrate the reach of its air power in the vast region. Newsweek has ...

The KC-46 tanker’s refueling boom has gotten stuck in at least three fighter jets during missions, resulting in three accidents and damage measured in the tens of millions of dollars, the Air Force ...

The U.S. Air Force has deployed at least twelve refueling aircraft to Lajes Field in the Azores. The Department of Defense has not confirmed whether the deployment is related to the ongoing conflict ...

The F-35 (here's what it looks like on the inside) isn't a long-haul aircraft. Its strength is in stealth, situational awareness, and short bursts of firepower, not covering half the globe in a single ...

Refueling an aircraft carrier isn't like pulling up to a gas station. In fact, for nuclear-powered carriers, the process is so involved and intense that it only happens once in the ship's entire ...

Investing.com -- The U.S. military has deployed numerous refueling aircraft to Europe as tensions between Iran and Israel escalate into open conflict, according to a Reuters report on Monday. The ...