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Why America Needs the KC-46A Pegasus Tanker

In any conflict with China, aerial refueling will determine whether US fighters and bombers can operate from safe stand-off ...
A massive wave of U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotankers has moved into the Middle East, marking one of the largest aerial ...
Two British military aircraft carried out a 12-hour patrolling flight near the Russian border in a mission supported by the U ...
Let's explore which countries operate the largest tanker fleets, how new designs like the KC-390 Millennium and A330 MRTT are ...
Flight tracking systems showed an intense deployment of U.S. KC-135 Stratotanker air refueling aircraft from the Atlantic Ocean en route to the Middle East, in ...
A KC-46A Pegasus connects with an F-15 Strike Eagle for an aerial refueling test over California in 2018. Three of the Air Force’s newest and most advanced refueling tankers sustained a combined $22 ...
The KC-46 tanker’s refueling boom has gotten stuck in at least three fighter jets during missions, resulting in three accidents and damage measured in the tens of millions of dollars, the Air Force ...
THERMAL, Calif. -- A Marine Corps F-35 fighter jet crashed in Imperial County, California, after clipping the wing of a Marine KC-130 refueling tanker during a mid-air refueling, according to a Marine ...
Even as the F-117 Nighthawk is officially retired, it continues to serve various purposes with the US Air Force.