The U.S. Air Force’s newest stealth bomber received fuel from a tanker aircraft in flight for the first time on April 14, ...

The skies above the Taiwan Strait witnessed a significant escalation in late May 2026 when a People’s Liberation Army Air ...

Special ops MH-47 Chinooks that could refuel other aircraft midair would give the Night Stalkers their own organic tanker ...

Moody AFB says the modification enhances the Warthog’s ability to support combat search and rescue and close air support ...

The new B-21 stealth bomber will achieve its long range through a massive internal fuel capacity. The upcoming Northrup Grumman B-21 Raider is expected to have a remarkably long unfueled range. The ...

Lockheed Martin's famous-but-secret Skunk Works has released a sort-of-new image of a concept for the company's Next Generation Aerial Refueling System (NGAS) military tanker aircraft for in-flight ...

The Boeing KC-46 is one of the world's most capable tankers, although it continues to face teething problems seven years ...

Autonomous aerial refuelling control systems enable unmanned and optionally manned aircraft to perform precise rendezvous and docking manoeuvres with tanker platforms without direct human intervention ...

In the 1950s, Boeing made a $16 million bet. As Boeing manufactured newer, faster jet bombers for the Air Force, mid-air refueling aircraft lagged behind. The standard refueling aircraft at the time, ...

The KC-46A aircraft are still relatively new, but will probably serve only as a “bridge” to the widespread adoption of the “Next Generation Air-refueling System” stealth tankers. Unlike the Air ...

LONDON—A European Defense Agency initiative to explore the potential automation of hose and drogue refueling has moved into a second phase to examine how the technology could be used to refuel ...