The U.S. Air Force Air Mobility Command has suggested their KC-135 Stratotanker fleet may serve beyond 2050 with a life extension and upgrade program. Almost 70 years after the type's first flight, ...

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

Capt. Jordan Wesemann, a KC-135 tanker pilot, refueled his twin brother Jared's F-35 fighter jet during an exercise in Japan.

SIOUX CITY (KTIV) - We see them flying above the Sioux City metro frequently, the large KC-135 refueling planes based at the 185th Air Refueling Wing. While the pilots are those behind the controls, ...

The French Air and Space Force will begin to phase out its last three Boeing KC-135 military tanker aircraft in the coming days, replacing them with A330 Multi Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) aircraft.

The Air Force may have to keep its aging KC-135 tankers flying beyond their planned 2050 retirement, depending on how many new tankers it buys in coming years and whether a next-generation refueling ...

The C-130 has served since 1956 and remains active across tactical airlift and special operations missions. B-52 and KC-135 aircraft introduced in the 1950s still fly today through continuous upgrades ...

UK investigators have underlined the importance of transponders, after a serious airprox incident in which a US Air Force Boeing KC-135 carried out an evasive manoeuvre to avoid an undetected glider.

A KC-135 Stratotanker made a precautionary landing Wednesday at Kadena Air Base on Okinawa, according to a local media report. The aerial refueler landed at 2:47 p.m., the Okinawa Times reported, ...