A delicate dance of mission success and critical failure, that’s what KC-135 Stratotanker operators face when on a refueling ...

The US government has deployed a KC-135 Stratotanker to the Philippines for disaster response as major flooding in the ...

Russia's Murmansk region, close to NATO member Finland, hosts several naval and airbases, and is home to a significant chunk ...

The French Air and Space Force has retired the last of its Boeing KC-135 Stratotankers as the Airbus Defence and Space (DS) A330-200 Phénix Multi-Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) fully takes on the ...

Derived from the same airframe as the Boeing 707, the original KC-135 Stratotanker first entered service with the U.S. Air Force in 1957. The design later served as the foundation for numerous other ...

The Boeing KC-135, nicknamed Stratotanker is an aerial refueling aircraft that has been in continuous service with the USAF for over 60 years with over 800 examples of the C-135 series built. The ...

The India Ministry of Defence (MoD) has ordered 156 Light Combat Helicopters (LCHs) from Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) and has also awarded a US company with a ...

New Delhi has ordered 156 attack helicopters from Hindustan Aeronautics, as well as contracted an air-to-air tanker.

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.

Trump said on social media that Troy Meink, currently the principal director of the National Reconnaissance Office, was his choice to be the 27th secretary of the Air Force, which also oversees ...

Today marks the 60th anniversary of the 1965 crash of the KC-135 Stratotanker in the Piatt neighborhood in north Wichita.