A different type of Air Force leader. By Peter Spiegel . June 10, 2008 12 AM PT . ... such as cargo flights and in-air refueling, over more traditional roles like air dogfights. ...

The system uses different types of cameras, high-precision GPS and LiDAR, along with covert, secure multi-node communication channels and built-in collision avoidance gear.

The Royal Air Force has conducted its first air-to-air refueling of ... to qualify in refueling from different aircraft types, ... “Refueling from A400M, however, was different because of ...

French Air Force sells its last KC-135s to Metrea, which becomes the largest commercial air refueling company. On July 11, 2024, it was announced that the French Air Force had sold the last of ...

On Apr. 10, 2025, a C-17 from Joint Base Lewis-McChord became the first in the U.S. Air Force Air Mobility Command to take fuel from a commercially contracted KDC-10B.

He was well aware of the Air Force’s wariness of using contract aerial refueling but stresses that changing times and a smaller USAF tanker fleet which is being partially recapitalized with ...

SPOKANE, Wash. — Fairchild Air Force Base is celebrating 100 years of air refueling with Operation Centennial Contact on Tuesday with a fun event. Team Fairchild invited the public out to ...

The Air Force is currently retiring two types of tankers—KC-135s that date to the Eisenhower administration and 1980s-era KC-10s—and building up a fleet of 179 twin-engine Boeing KC-46s.

Twenty-nine different aircraft, three military bases and several missions. The 100 years of the 116th Air Refueling Squadron can be described as a “history of change,” according to Col. James ...

On July 11, 2024, it was announced that the French Air Force had sold the last of their KC-135 Stratotanker fleet to commercial air refueling operator Metrea, raising their fleet of the type from four ...