The KC-46A is a larger aircraft from start to finish, being bigger, carrying more fuel, carrying it further, and carrying out more missions.

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Twin pilots met in the sky over the Pacific. On a Dec. 4 training flight in Japan, Air Force Capt. Jordan Wesemann was at the controls of his KC-135 tanker aircraft as his twin brother, Capt. Jared ...

R Stratotanker aircraft have been tracked flying toward and across the Mediterranean, marking a continued buildup of American aerial refueling capabilities in the direction of the Middle East, ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. When a damaged F-16 flying over hostile Afghanistan territory is leaking fuel and in danger of crashing, the KC-135 crew makes mid-air contact to ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The 134th Air Refueling Wing at McGhee Tyson has been chosen to fly the Air Force's new KC-46 Pegasus refueling aircraft, after being one of seven units under consideration. Based ...

The MRTT program has several key advantages over comparable aircraft like the KC-135—chiefly its ability to draw from ...