The KC-135 was used to expand tactical communications across joint and combined forces for contested, multi-domain operations ...

Autonomous flight technology start-up Merlin says it has launched flight testing on its proprietary pilot system, using a Boeing KC-135 tanker. The Boston-based company on 16 August said it has ...

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, ...

Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker pilots are inching closer to normal operations after incremental software fixes to the tanker’s glitchy autopilot have led the service to ease flight restrictions on the ...

Until the Next-Generation Aerial Refueling System (NGAS) platform is confirmed, the KC-135 will continue handling the Air Force’s aerial refueling needs—potentially until 2050 or later. The Air Force ...

EVERETT — The Air Force found itself in the middle of not one, but two messes involving tanker contracts this week when Alabama Aircraft Industries filed a lawsuit against it. “We believe that the Air ...

An F-16 Fighting Falcon, assigned to the 64th Aggressor Squadron, conducts air-to-air refueling with a KC-135 Stratotanker during U.S. Air Force Weapons School Integration at Nellis Air Force Base, ...