Business Insider spoke to a boom operator about their responsibilities aboard a KC-135 tanker at a base in England.
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Air Force Tanker Fleet Faces Major Restructuring Under 2026 NDAA
House and Senate versions of the FY2026 NDAA offer competing visions for the Air Force’s refueling fleet, threatening to ...
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Israeli, Greek air forces held joint aerial refueling drill over Greece this week
The post Israeli, Greek air forces held joint aerial refueling drill over Greece this week appeared first on The Times of ...
Three United States Air Force B-52H Stratofortress bombers from the 2nd Bomb Wing based at Barksdale Air Force Base touched down at Morón Air Base in Spain on the morning of November 8, kicking off ...
The Israeli Air Force conducts similar exercises with Greece multiple times a year to strengthen strategic ties and improve ...
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B-52s Deploy to Spain for Bomber Task Force 26-1
The first European BTF deployment of the new financial year kicked off at Morón Air Base, Spain, on Nov. 8 with the arrival ...
Three of the Air Force’s newest and most advanced refueling tankers sustained a combined $22 million in damage in similar airborne accidents when refueling probes became stuck in fighter jets during ...
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US, Europe fly the same jets, but can’t always fix each other’s: Rand
Variants within the same plane model, incompatible support equipment and a lack of shared data create barriers to interoperability, a Rand report warns.
The Philippine Air Force (PAF) on Monday confirmed the arrival of the United States Air Force's E-4B aircraft, known as the ...
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USAF Aims for 1,558 Combat Jets by Ten Years, Eyes Higher F-35 and F-15EX Output
An unclassified U.S. Air Force report, mandated by the 2025 NDAA, included figures of the required combat fleet, calling for an increase of nearly 300 ...
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