The Wright Brothers weren't the only contributors to the age of airplanes, and they may not even have been the first into the air on December 17, 1903, as they are often credited. Whether it was ...

The test is aimed at expanding the refueling envelope of the A400M to refuel a wide variety of NATO aircraft, and follows the first ever refueling of a V-22 in early 2025. A German Air Force ...

Omega Aerial Refueling Services has received a one-year, $92.4M contract modification to provide additional tanker support to the Department of Defense, U.S. Navy and foreign military sales clients.

CLEVELAND--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Intelligent power management company Eaton was awarded a $3.5M Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) contract to design a new podded refueling boom, enabling traditional and ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — It's a mid-air mission that keeps America's military aircraft in the sky for a lot longer than normal. Based in Columbus at Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base, the 121st Air ...

U.S. Navy Blue Angels demonstration team F/A-18 Hornets conduct aerial refueling with a KC-10 Extender over Arizona, on their way to Kelly Field, San Antonio, Texas on4, 2019. KC-10 Extender Unit - ...

Deployed Eurofighter Typhoons from the UK Royal Air Force (RAF) have for the first time undergone air-to-air refuelling behind a German-operated Airbus Defence & Space A400M tactical transport, during ...

High above the Persian Gulf, a rookie fighter pilot prepares to rendezvous with a tanker aircraft to refuel mid-flight. Several miles away, the tanker appears on radar, but can also be seen visually ...

A massive wave of U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotankers has moved into the Middle East, marking one of the largest aerial ...

As the UK Defence Journal has pointed out in the past, the problem with the theory that British planes are being used to refuel Israeli planes is that the two countries do not have compatible systems.