Latest KC-135 Stories
20 KC-135s Were Rapidly Launched Out Of Fairchild AFB This Morning (Updated)
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Sep 29, 2021
RC-135 Now Flying With Donor KC-135 Engine Cover After Frightening Crosswind Landing Mishap
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Sep 22, 2021
The Air Force Blew It When It Decided Not To Give Its KC-135s Winglets 40 Years Ago
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Sep 20, 2021
KC-135 Tanker Tested With Loyal Wingman Drone
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Apr 15, 2021
F-117s Cleared To Refuel From All KC-135s As “Retired” Stealth Jets Expand Operations
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Jan 29, 2021
F-35s, F-16 Aggressors, KC-135 Tankers Put On Impressive “Elephant Walk” In Alaska
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Dec 22, 2020
A Dozen Of The Most Unusual Variants Of The Ubiquitous KC-135 Family Of Aircraft
By Robert Hopkins / Updated Nov 27, 2020
Hawaii Air National Guard F-22s, KC-135, And C-17 Do The “Elephant Walk” In Honolulu
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Apr 22, 2020
This Strategic Air Command Airpower Demonstration From 1987 Is Just Bonkers
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Mar 8, 2020
The US Air Force Wants a Trio of More Modern WC-135R Nuke Sniffing Planes
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jun 30, 2019
USAF Breathing New Life Into Ancient KC-135 Tankers With This New Glass Cockpit
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jun 29, 2019
The Dark World Of USAF Special Ops Air Refuelers And Their Modified KC-135RT Tankers
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated May 24, 2019
Air Force Considering Making Its Next Tanker A Drone With A Podded Refueling Boom
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated May 3, 2019
More Than A Dozen Air Force KC-135s and KC-46s Flee Kansas Base Ahead Of Bad Weather
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Apr 17, 2019
USAF Chief Just Said Next Air Refueling Tanker May Fly In Space… Huh?
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Jan 29, 2019
USAF’s Nuke Sniffing Plane Is Flying On A Mission Near The Arctic Right Now
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Feb 23, 2017