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This Cockpit Video Of A KC-10 Refueling Another KC-10 Is Amazing
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Dec 22, 2019
NKC-135R Tanker From Edwards AFB Flew This Peculiar Night Mission Over Area 51
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Dec 1, 2019
Australia Buying B-21 Raider Stealth Bombers Is A Fantasy But Other Options Exist
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Nov 26, 2019
The First Boom-Equipped Tanker For A Private Aerial Refueling Company Has Arrived
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Nov 25, 2019
Divisions With U.S. Emerge As U.K. Proposes European Force To Protect Tankers From Iran
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jul 22, 2019
The US Air Force Wants a Trio of More Modern WC-135R Nuke Sniffing Planes
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jun 30, 2019
The Navy Says “Fly Before Buy” When It Comes To Its New MQ-25 Drone Tanker
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jun 29, 2019
General Atomics Is the First to Show Off Its MQ-25 Drone Tanker Design
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jun 29, 2019
US Navy Doubles Down On Range Requirements For Its MQ-25 Tanker Drone
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jun 29, 2019
USAF Breathing New Life Into Ancient KC-135 Tankers With This New Glass Cockpit
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jun 29, 2019
General Atomics Gives First Clues About its MQ-25 Drone Tanker Design
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jun 29, 2019
Watch Boeing’s New KC-46 Tanker Make An Aggressive Arrival To The Paris Air Show
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Jun 17, 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
Boeing’s MQ-25 Tanker Drone Trucked To Air Base Near St. Louis For Flight Testing
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Apr 29, 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
Boeing’s Troubled New KC-46 Pegasus Tanker Just Flew Across The Pacific Ocean To Japan
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Oct 23, 2018
KC-46 Tanker Hits Major Milestones But Deficiencies Still Unmitigated As Delivery Looms
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Sep 11, 2018
Listen To KC-46 Tankers On A Test Flight Offer To Refuel F-15s During Stolen Q400 Incident
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Aug 12, 2018
New Stealth Tanker Model Is Touted By Air Force Research Lab At Aviation Conference
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Jun 29, 2018
F-15E Crew And KC-10 Boom Operator Talk The Merits Of Coffee While Refueling
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Apr 24, 2018
Lockheed Is Already Pushing A Stealthy Version Of Its MQ-25 Stingray Tanker Drone
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Apr 11, 2018
Here’s Our First Good Look At The Crazy Air Inlet Design On Boeing’s MQ-25 Tanker Drone
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Apr 9, 2018
General Atomics Isn’t Building A Flyable Prototype Of Their MQ-25 Tanker Drone
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Apr 2, 2018
Lockheed’s MQ-25 Tanker Drone Looks Impressive, But It’s Still Just A Paper Plane
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Mar 26, 2018
The KC-46 Pegasus Tanker Program Is Still A Mess
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Mar 16, 2018
Exclusive: New Photos Of Boeing’s MQ-25 Tanker Drone On The Ramp In St. Louis
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Jan 9, 2018
New Details Emerge In Boeing’s First Video Of Its Carrier-Based Tanker Drone
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Jan 3, 2018
Retired RAF Tristars Will Get New Lives As Contracted Aerial Refuellers
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Aug 15, 2017
Russian Fighter Intercepted Then Barrel Rolled Atop A KC-10 Flying Over Syria
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated May 26, 2017
USAF’s Nuke Sniffing Plane Is Flying On A Mission Near The Arctic Right Now
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Feb 23, 2017
Watch This Epic Retardant Drop Run By A Firefighting DC-10
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Jul 25, 2016