Metrea acquires 14 Boeing KC-135 Stratotankers from the French Air and Space Forces for commercial aerial refueling. The deal aims to serve the US and international military market, expanding ...

Four turbofans, mounted under 35-degree swept wings, power the KC-135 to takeoffs at gross weights of up to 322,500 pounds. A cargo deck above the refueling system can hold a mixed load of ...

As an epilogue, Omega Air continues to refuel US aircraft with ex-Japan Airlines and Dutch KC-10 even after the Air Force ...

16, 1965 crash of a KC-135 Stratotanker shortly after it took off from McConnell Air Force Base (Courtesy USAF 22nd Air Refueling Wing History Office) The formal accident report indicated several ...

The U.S. Air Force's 18th Wing, which is the host aviation unit for Kadena Air Base, published photos on Thursday that showed at least nine KC-135 aerial refueling and airlift aircraft ...

MacDill is slated to receive the new KC-46 refueling tanker by 2029 to replace the aging KC-135 tankers that are currently based there. The Boeing aircraft is larger and far more modern than the ...

Sixty years ago, a Boeing KC-135 refueling tanker carrying more than 30,000 gallons of fuel crashed shortly after takeoff from McConnell Air Force Base into a neighborhood at 20th and Piatt in ...

U.S. Air National Guard Col. Ronald Selvidge took command of the wing in December, shortly after 11 members of the wing were awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for their role refueling aircraft ...