Six U.S. service members were killed when a KC-135 refueling aircraft crashed in western Iraq Thursday afternoon after a mid-air incident with a second aircraft, officials confirmed. A U.S. KC-135 ...
Special ops MH-47 Chinooks that could refuel other aircraft midair would give the Night Stalkers their own organic tanker ...
This aircraft quietly makes global air operations possible. By refueling fighters, bombers, and other aircraft mid-air, it removes the limits of distance and time. Crews operate with precision at high ...
Welcome back to the Daily Aviation for a new documentary video about the KC-135 Stratotanker, the US most famous aerial ...
ROUTE FOR ABOUT A FIFTH OF THE WORLD’S OIL. MEANWHILE, IN THE MIDDLE EAST AS WELL, OFFICIALS ARE STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT CAUSED A REFUELING PLANE TO CRASH IN WESTERN IRAQ THURSDAY. THAT WAS ...
Owing to range constraints and the potential for very lengthy missions, fighters and bombers are sometimes refueled in midair. Though it's quite a common procedure in this context, that doesn't make ...
Chinese J-10B plane in flight. - Wikimedia Commons/Alert5, cropped and resized, CC BY-SA 4.0. Owing to range constraints and the potential for very lengthy missions, fighters and bombers are sometimes ...