Metrea acquires 14 Boeing KC-135 Stratotankers from the French Air and Space Forces for commercial aerial refueling. The deal aims to serve the US and international military market, expanding ...

The Finnish Air Force's F/A-18 Hornet fighter jets will participate in training missions with the United States Air Force’s KC-135 Stratotanker aerial refueling aircraft from February 10 to 13, 2025.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - The U.S. Air Force recently announced it is fulfilling its commitment to base four KC-135 refueling planes at Eielson Air Force Base in Alaska, and Sen. Dan Sullivan ...

Four turbofans, mounted under 35-degree swept wings, power the KC-135 to takeoffs at gross weights of up to 322,500 pounds. A cargo deck above the refueling system can hold a mixed load of ...

Major defense contractor Booz Allen Hamilton has had a presence here on the islands for three decades and leaders say it is ...

Sixty years ago, a Boeing KC-135 refueling tanker carrying more than 30,000 gallons of fuel crashed shortly after takeoff from McConnell Air Force Base into a neighborhood at 20th and Piatt in ...

MacDill is slated to receive the new KC-46 refueling tanker by 2029 to replace the aging KC-135 tankers that are currently based there. The Boeing aircraft is larger and far more modern than the ...

MCCONNELL AIR FORCE BASE, Kan. – The Blue Angels have named McConnell Air Force Base’s 2024 Frontiers in Flight airshow as ...