ROYAL AIR FORCE FAIRFORD, England—After years of uncertainty about the Air Force’s tanker plans, the service has decided to buy more KC-46s instead of launching a new competition for its next tanker ...

U.S. Air Force crews inspect a KC-135 stabilizer in 2013. Credit: U.S. Air Force The U.S. Air Force has inspected and cleared its KC-135 fleet after the service discovered falsified certifications at ...

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 ...

Credit: U.S. Air Force The U.S. Air Force is pressing to field a next-generation aerial refueling system by as soon as 2036, making a competition for a near-term buy unaffordable, the service says in ...

After decades of service, a legendary tanker says farewell. Alan de Herrera A retired KC-10 Extender known as Excalibur awaits a six-day mothballing process at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, ...

A new U.S. Air Force analysis recommends continuing the development of NGAD, as well as terminating the NGAS stealth tanker program which was supposed to support the next gen fighter in contested ...

For those with dreams of owning their own fleet of aerial refuellers, the opportunity of a lifetime is about to close. The Pentagon is selling 10 of its retired Boeing KC-10 Extender tankers via ...

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 ...

Embraer believes its KC-390 is well positioned to enter the US Air Force’s (USAF’s) future inventory in a proposed “Agile Tanker” guise, despite walking away from a partnership with a US-based ...

The McGhee Tyson Air National Guard Base in Knoxville will be a main operating base for the new KC-46 Pegasus aircraft. The KC-46 Pegasus is the U.S. Air Force's next-generation aerial refueling ...