On Apr. 10, 2025, a C-17 from Joint Base Lewis-McChord became the first in the U.S. Air Force Air Mobility Command to take fuel from a commercially contracted KDC-10B. Omega Air Refueling, based in ...

Ever since the United States Air Force stood up its first aerial refueling squadron in 1948, the technique of filling up fighter gas tanks on the fly has become an integral component of a US Armed ...

DAVENPORT, Iowa--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cobham Mission Systems, the world leader in air-to-air refueling solutions, proudly confirms its underwing mounted refueling buddy store was carried for the first ...

Together with the RAAF E-7A Wedgetail refueled by an USAF KC-46A Pegasus, the RAAF KC-30 being able to refuel F-15s enhances interoperability between Australia and the U.S. The RAAF (Royal Australian ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — Tennessee’s national lawmakers have announced that McGhee-Tyson Air National Guard Base in Blount County will become home to eight new KC-46 tanker aircraft. Senator Marsha ...

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 ...

House and Senate versions of the FY2026 NDAA offer competing visions for the Air Force’s refueling fleet, threatening to disrupt a newly minted modernization strategy. On Oct. 8, 2025, the United ...

The Maine Air National Guard, nicknamed the MAINEiacs, will receive $50 million in federal money to build a new hangar in Bangor. “Home to the MAINEiacs, the Maine Air National Guard’s 101st Air ...

The European Union (EU) is to support research and technology efforts on the development of small turbofan engines for ...

Israel relied on its existing refueling fleet of aging converted Boeing 707 tankers and Lockheed Martin KC-130 Hercules during its 12-day air campaign against Iran in June. Aerial refuellers are ...