The U.S. Air Force is testing drag-reducing devices called “Finlets” on MC-130Js with the goal of improving the transport aircraft’s fuel efficiency and range.

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

Air Force Special Operations Command is testing thin finlets developed by Vortex Control Technologies as a possible ...

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 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 2025 Barksdale Defenders of Liberty Airshow featured an unforgettable performance from Altus AFB's demo teams. The KC-46A Pegasus, KC-135R Stratotanker, and C-17A Globemaster III took to the ...

Tamil Nadu Power Cut: Several areas in Chennai, Madurai, Coimbatore and Cuddalore will be hit by power supply on Thursday.

The U.S.'s RC-135 platforms—including the missile-tracking Cobra Ball and radar mapping Combat Sent—are assigned to Air Combat Command and based at Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska.

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 ...

New aircraft would help Scott Air Force Base maintain its 347 Air National Guard positions currently overseeing the KC-135 aircrafts while adding 94 new positions.