Middle East – U.S. Airmen prepare and conduct an aerial refueling mission aboard a U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility on September 17, 2026. The ...

Military aircraft don't have time to land and refuel on sensitive missions. That's where aerial refueling tankers come in.

An incredible aerial refueling operation shows a KC-135 Stratotanker providing fuel to F-16 Fighting Falcons over the Middle East. The mission demonstrates the ability to keep fighter aircraft ...

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NORAD has moved U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcons from Alaska through Canada toward Greenland under Operation ARCTIC ...

The Air Force said it is early in analyzing options and has "neither defined the precise mission requirements" nor the ...

SIOUX CITY, Iowa — Airmen assigned to the 185th Air Refueling Wing conducted aerial refueling operations with F-16 Fighting Falcons from the 114th Fighter Wing over the Midwest, May 1, 2026 During the ...

Plans to field a next-generation replacement Air Force tanker are being pushed aside in the latest budget request as the service looks to invest in upgrades and new technologies for existing refueling ...