The Bangor Air National Guard Base is one of just seven nationwide being considered to receive a new air refueling tanker, known as the KC-46A Pegasus, which the U.S. Air Force is using to replace ...

One crewmember, known as the boom operator, is stationed in the rear of the plane and controls the boom during in-flight air refueling. A special shuttlecock-shaped drogue attached to and trailing ...

Midair refueling is pretty standard business these days, but like all the other milestones in flight history, someone had to ...

The $1.3 billion fleet of Pegasus air refueling tankers would replace the aging Stratotankers operated by the Maine Air National Guard's 101st Air Refueling Wing, also known as the MAINEiacs.

The U.S. Air Force is considering Forbes Field Air National Guard Base in Topeka as a potential site for the new KC-46A Pegasus refueling tanker. A final decision will be made in fall 2025 after ...

Revolutionizing mid-air refueling as the first-ever jet engine-powered tanker, the KC-135 has served in missions across the globe. After almost seven decades in the air, some are in museums ...

Germany Leads EU Uncrewed Refueling, Medevac Effort is published in Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, an Aviation Week ...

Hours will be 9 a.m.-4 p.m. each date. New this year will be the BAFB air show’s first KC-46 Pegasus demonstration. The KC-46, known for its advanced refueling systems, has the ability to refuel using ...

The Milwaukee 128th Air Refueling Wing is not getting the new KC-46 tanker plane Wisconsin's elected officials were pushing for, according to an announcement by Rep. Bryan Steil, Friday.The KC-46A ...

It's a massive, military refueling plane, stationed at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst Air Force Base. "We move airplanes around the world by refilling them midair so they don't have to land and ...

[Credit: German Air Force] The Royal Air Force (RAF) has conducted its first air-to-air refueling of Typhoons with a German Air Force Atlas A400M in an operation aimed at increasing capability as ...