The US Air Force’s newest aerial tanker, the Boeing KC-46 Pegasus, has encountered a roadblock with the congressional oversight that approves budgets and procurement. The projected procurement in 2026 ...

Calls for a specific squawk code to be designated for gliders have emerged after a USAF KC-135 Stratotanker came within 15 metres of colliding with a glider over Eastern England. On Apr. 8, 2025, a KC ...

The companies on Thursday said they made a joint investment to "evolve" Embraer's twin-engine KC-390 Millennium into a ...

The Air Force is in the early stages of the Next-Generation Air Refueling System (NGAS) program, a full-scale acquisition effort to follow the KC-46. An analysis of alternatives is underway, with the ...

The Air Force’s top mobility leader is pushing for decades-old air transports and tankers to be replaced sooner than the late ...

The U.S. buildup coincides with high-stakes nuclear diplomacy over Iran's nuclear program.

UK investigators have underlined the importance of transponders, after a serious airprox incident in which a US Air Force Boeing KC-135 carried out an evasive manoeuvre to avoid an undetected glider.

Fears of a US attack on Iran are escalating following the arrival of the USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier in Greece and the spotting of US Air Force refuelling planes in Israel ...

Twin pilots met in the sky over the Pacific. On a Dec. 4 training flight in Japan, Air Force Capt. Jordan Wesemann was at the controls of his KC-135 tanker aircraft as his twin brother, Capt. Jared ...

Brazilian airframer Embraer and US defence manufacturer Northrop Grumman are developing an optional in-flight refuelling boom for the KC-390 multi-role tanker, targeting international markets ...