For decades, aerial refueling boom operators guided the fuel boom by looking directly out a window at the aircraft behind them. The new KC-46 Pegasus tanker changed that system completely. Instead of ...
The tankers fueling Operation Epic Fury trace back to Boeing's Dash 80—a 1950s prototype that barrel-rolled into history and became the KC-135 and 707.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — Tennessee’s national lawmakers have announced that McGhee-Tyson Air National Guard Base in Blount County will become home to eight new KC-46 tanker aircraft. Senator Marsha ...
Brazilian airframer Embraer and US defence manufacturer Northrop Grumman are teaming up to add an in-flight refuelling boom to Embraer’s KC-390 multi-role tanker. The pair announced their new ...