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Multiple Army Flight Operations in F-35 Fighter Jet

B-Roll from F-35A Lightning II aircraft November 2024, at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona. The 56th Fighter Wing trains ...
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Why Aerial Refueling Is Harder than It Looks

Remaining stable enough to allow for the fuel transfer between two aircraft at high speeds in midair can require pinpoint flying, though the process is eased through constant communication. Aerial ...
Aviation Week

Debrief: Revisiting Stealth Tankers Under New USAF Analysis

Lockheed Martin rendering of a large stealth tanker. Credit: Lockheed Martin NATIONAL HARBOR, Maryland—The U.S. Air Force’s renewed look at the future of its aerial refueling fleet is again ...
The Aviationist

U.S. Navy E-2D Refuels from French Rafale, A400M and A330 MRTT

The completion of aerial refueling testing with French tankers is another step towards the introduction of the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye in the French Navy. The U.S. Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) ...
Aviation Week

USAF: KC-46 Extension Best Option As NGAS Accelerates

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 ...
Newsweek

US Deploys Military Assets to Middle East: What We Know

A massive wave of U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotankers has moved into the Middle East, marking one of the largest aerial refueling deployments in recent months. Flight tracking shows aircraft departing ...