Modern aerial tankers are expected to provide critical support, but concerns have arisen over whether the current tanker fleet is adequate for the demands of B-21 operations. One of the primary ...

This new tanker utilizes an advanced KC-10 boom, a center mounted drogue and wing aerial refueling pods allowing it to refuel multiple types of receiver aircraft as well as foreign national ...

The Air Force may have to keep its aging KC-135 tankers flying beyond their planned 2050 retirement, depending on how many ...

A fleet of U.S. Air Force aerial refueling tankers has been grounded ... Boeing has halted deliveries of its KC-46 tanker after structural cracks were found in new aircraft on delivery to the ...

U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) wrote in January 2022: "Under the Air Force's KC-46 program, Boeing is developing an aerial refueling tanker from a commercial aircraft design.