A U.S. contract notice seeks industry support to reactivate up to four KC-10 Extenders for foreign military sales transfer to an unnamed North African partner nation.
TowerOn January 1, 1929, five Army Air Corps airmen flew a Fokker trimotor over Southern California for 150 hours to prove aerial refueling could transform military airpower.
TaildraggerThe US approved a $4.5B sale of four Boeing KC-46A Pegasus tankers to Qatar - here's what it means for pilots and the aerospace industry.
TowerIn 1929 the Army's Question Mark stayed aloft 150 hours over Los Angeles, proving aerial refueling and changing airpower forever.
TaildraggerHow the RAF sent one aging Avro Vulcan and eleven tankers nearly 8,000 miles to bomb Port Stanley in the longest raid ever flown.
TaildraggerA KC-135 that survived a March mid-air collision flew home wearing a donor tail - a stark sign of an aging tanker fleet.
TowerHow a 1929 six-day endurance flight over Los Angeles proved aerial refueling was operationally viable and laid the strategic foundation for American airpower in World War II.
TaildraggerThe KC-135 Stratotanker, flying since 1957, will refuel the B-21 Raider stealth bomber well into the 2040s - a story about institutional knowledge outlasting technological ambition.
TowerAir Force One can refuel mid-air but almost never does - here's why the capability exists and when it would actually be used.
TowerThe U.S. Air Force released first photos of the B-21 Raider during aerial refueling, revealing its top-side stealth design for the first time.
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