The KC-135 Stratotanker plays a quiet but essential role in U.S. air operations. By refueling aircraft mid-air, it allows fighters, bombers, and transports to operate far beyond their normal range.

For decades, the United States has relied on aircraft not just to fight wars, but to project power across the globe faster ...

The move of new aircraft to Pituffik Space Base comes amid growing tensions as the Trump administration reiterates calls to ...

The brothers, one a KC-135 refueling pilot, the other an F-35 fighter pilot, met in the sky on a refueling mission in ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — Sixty-one years ago, a plane crash claimed the lives of 30 people and left an indelible mark on a ...

This Stars and Stripes image from 2001 shows oil being added to the engine of a KC-135 aircraft at Rhein-Main Air Base, ...

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At least six large U.S. military KC-135 aircraft, which serve as aerial refueling tankers, have departed from the Al Udeid ...

Some of the most capable aircraft ever flown by the U.S. military came with an unspoken cost: extraordinary logistical ...

Major General Stephen Osborn discussed the Iowa National Guard’s plans for the next 10 years in his speech to lawmakers, ...

Lockheed Martin said it set a record delivering 191 F-35 Lightning II jets in 2025, clearing backlog deliveries in the process, with a global fleet that ...