Somewhere over the Pacific, a stealth fighter is running low on fuel. Its target lies hundreds of miles further into defended airspace — airspace crawling with long-range surface-to-air missiles and ...

A new Probe Refueling Adapter, developed in response to an urgent combatant command requirement, allows the A-10 to significantly expand its refueling options as it is currently dependent on the ...

Airpower without range is just potential. Every long-range bomber mission, every sustained fighter patrol over a contested theater, every rapid deployment of troops across oceans — all of it depends ...

The McGhee Tyson Air National Guard Base in Knoxville will be a main operating base for the new KC-46 Pegasus aircraft. The KC-46 Pegasus is the U.S. Air Force's next-generation aerial refueling ...

Plans to field a next-generation replacement Air Force tanker are being pushed aside in the latest budget request as the service looks to invest in upgrades and new technologies for existing refueling ...

Although the key fixes for the KC-46 will still take years to fully reach the fleet, a new plan promises a 20% availability increase by 2030, faster RVS 2.0 retrofits and a limited Boeing-led ...

Zeus didn’t get involved, but Uncle Sam did. Like it’s namesake, this Pegasus is also being placed amongst stars. The U.S. Air Force announced Wednesday afternoon that the 134th Air Refueling Wing ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Airmen participate in a preflight brief in front of a KC-135 Stratotanker at Kadena Air Base, Japan, July 15, 2026. Aerial ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new investigation shows how a tanker lost its refueling boom last year. The Air Force blamed pilot and boom operator errors in ...

The Air Force faced questions from a government watchdog agency and a Senate panel about its in-flight refueling aircraft. The Air Force has not accurately recorded the mission-ready status of ...