The idea of a KC-390 with a boom has gotten a new breath of life, and could be ideal for bringing fuel to far-flung edges of ...
The deal aims to court international buyers and the Air Force as it sketches out its future refueling program.
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Embraer and Northrop Grumman join forces for KC-390 tanker with boom refueling system
Embraer and Northrop Grumman aim to offer advanced aerial refueling options amid a tanker capability gap in the U.S. and other Allied air forces. Brazilian aerospace major Embraer and Northrop Grumman ...
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How boom operators aboard the US Air Force's flying gas stations keep their cool doing an 'inherently dangerous' job
Thousands of feet up and racing across the sky at hundreds of miles per hour, US Air Force tankers close to within just 12 feet of fighter jets to refuel them in flight, sometimes as little as 8 feet, ...
The KC-46 tanker’s refueling boom has gotten stuck in at least three fighter jets during missions, resulting in three accidents and damage measured in the tens of millions of dollars, the Air Force ...
This is a significant milestone for the RAF’s P-8A Poseidon, also officially designated the Poseidon MRA1, as it lacked a UK-based refueling option. In fact, the Voyager KC2 and KC3 (British ...
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 ...
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