Until the Next-Generation Aerial Refueling System (NGAS) platform is confirmed, the KC-135 will continue handling the Air Force’s aerial refueling needs—potentially until 2050 or later. The Air Force ...

In any conflict with China, aerial refueling will determine whether US fighters and bombers can operate from safe stand-off ...

A massive wave of U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotankers has moved into the Middle East, marking one of the largest aerial ...

Previous deployments of the KC-135 Stratotanker aerial refueler to the Middle East have often come before US military action. The United States Air Force does not disclose the movement of high-profile ...

TOWN OF NIAGARA – Last weekend marked the first takeoff of a KC-135 tanker plane from the Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station since the aircraft were reassigned to the 914th Airlift Wing of the Air ...

ABOARD DEFENSE SECRETARY DONALD RUMSFELD'S AIRCRAFT, Oct. 18 — -- I'm sitting behind the pilot of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's E-4B aircraft, a highly customized and heavily armored ...

A KC-135 Stratotanker from the Kansas Air National Guard’s 190th Air Refueling Wing based at Forbes Field in Topeka performed a flyover at Children's Mercy Park on Saturday, June 28, 2025. 31,191 ...

The U.S. sent fighter jets, yet again, to identify and intercept Russian military aircraft in the Alaskan Air Defense Identification Zone.