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 battlespace.
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B-21 Raider Stealth Bomber Spotted During Aerial Refueling Test For The First Time
Photographers got some incredible images of the B-21 Raider refueling from a KC-135 during a test over Mojave Desert. A Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider was spotted performing aerial refueling from a ...
The deal aims to court international buyers and the Air Force as it sketches out its future refueling program.
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US Air Force’s 6th-gen B-21 stealth bomber spotted refueling mid-air in a first
New images circulating online appear to show the U.S. Air Force’s next-generation B-21 Raider ...
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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, ...
A viral video captured the B-21 Raider stealth bomber's first mid-air refueling. Know how the USAF's next-gen bomber uses fly ...
Aircraft that fly via propellers often require less fuel than fighter jets, which is one of the reasons the U.S. military still uses propeller-driven aircraft. Still ...
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 ...
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 ...
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