the KC-135's primary fuel transfer method. One crewmember, known as the boom operator, is stationed in the rear of the plane and controls the boom during in-flight air refueling. A special ...

India’s defence ministry has signed a contract with US firm Metrea to wet lease KC-135 Stratotanker for IAF pilot training, ...

The 97th Air Mobility Wing in Altus, Oklahoma, is primarily a training base for many aspiring pilots and boom operators who ...

He evaluates pilots who have trained on the KC-135 Stratotanker ... at which point the boom operator, they are directing the receiver at that point to close in for the contact.

The Air Force has recognized a senior noncommissioned officer as the top boom operator in the service ... The squadron was recognized despite flying the KC-135 Stratotanker, which has only ...

Braydon Scarborough, a Baraboo native and military boom operator, will participate in the annual EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh from July 21-27.

The Air Force may have to keep its aging KC-135 tankers flying beyond their ... which allows the boom operator to see the boom through a video feed. The program is making progress on the cat ...