AIRWAY HEIGHTS, Wash. -- One of the oldest and rarest air fuel tankers got some upgrades earlier in November at Fairchild Air Force Base. The KC-135 model has been around since the 1950s. Other Air ...

Despite the end of a strategic partnership with L3Harris last year, Embraer continues to aggressively promote its ...

Reliable Robotics participates in a KC-135 fly along to inform integration of its autonomous flight system into the airframe and boom. Credit: Reliable Robotics Reliable Robotics has completed a road ...

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, ...

The tail of a KC-135 aircraft at Fairchild Air Force Base is now rich with color and history. The Washington Air National Guard’s 141st Air Refueling Wing painted its flagship KC-135 Stratotanker with ...

FARNBOROUGH—The U.S. Air Force has not decided on its plan to replace much of its KC-135 fleet following its buy of KC-46As, and will soon finalize a study on a future, clean-sheet tanker—if there is ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A Romeoville native has a unique job at this year's Air and Water Show: He's in charge of refueling the jets that will be seen whizzing through Chicago's skies all weekend -- mid-air.

Commercial aerial refuelling provider Metrea will in the coming days deploy its first Boeing KC-135 tanker to India as it ...

Commercial aerial refuelling provider Metrea is continuing to build up its fleet of Boeing KC-135 tankers as it also readies for the start of a new contract with the Indian air force later this year.