Thailand has ordered a single example of the new, upgraded Airbus A330 Multi Role Tanker Transport Plus (MRTT+). Based on the ...
The Northrop Grumman E-2D airborne early warning and control aircraft has successfully conducted refuelling tests with three ...
The head of Air Mobility Command says the US Air Force is open to all potential solutions for a next-generation survivable ...
The RAF notoriously lacks a boom air-to-air refueling capability to support the Poseidon, and the simulated refueling with a KC-135 signals steps are ...
The Israel Air Force is set to receive a next-generation aerial refueling aircraft, the KC-46, the IDF said Wednesday. Since the beginning of the IDF's attacks on Iran as part of Operation Rising Lion ...
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Why Aerial Refueling Is Harder than It Looks

Remaining stable enough to allow for the fuel transfer between two aircraft at high speeds in midair can require pinpoint flying, though the process is eased through constant communication.
The company’s top-secret research and development presence in Georgia has been growing, and it has its eye on new aircraft to try to design and build.
MILWAUKEE, Wis. - At the 128 Air Refueling Wing's Open House event September 13 and 14, members of the public will be able to get up close and personal ...
Israel relied on its existing refueling fleet of aging converted Boeing 707 tankers and Lockheed Martin KC-130 Hercules during its 12-day air campaign against Iran in June. Aerial refuellers are ...
NATIONAL HARBOR, Maryland–The U.S. Space Force wants its next-generation space situational awareness satellites to have a ...