The aircraft will be transferred to U.S.-based Metrea for continued use as commercial aerial refueling platforms.

France also plans for the system to be capable of aerial refueling. Designers are still assessing, though, whether it will employ a hose-and-drogue refueling mechanism like the Rafale or a probe ...

France’s final Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker made its ceremonial pass over Airbase 125 in Istres on June 30, 2025, marking the end of an era. As the aircraft banked away, it signaled not just the ...

Flying boom is one of two aerial refuelling methods. Favoured by the United States Air Force, it uses a rigid, extendable tube to deliver fuel at a high transfer rate and is generally easier for ...

The IAF struck an Iranian aerial refueling aircraft at Mashhad Airport in eastern Iran, approximately 2,300 km from Israel: this marks the longest-range strike conducted since the operation has ...

NATO’s aerial refueling fleet is set to be boosted with two more Airbus A330 Multi-Role Tanker Transports after Denmark formally signed up to the initiative.

The IAF’s aerial refueling aircraft support these fighter jets, conducting dozens of sorties and performing over 600 aerial refuelings in the skies of the Middle East thus far.

The US Air Force appears to be in the midst of an unprecedented mass deployment of aerial refueling tankers across the Atlantic Ocean from bases in the US, amid the ongoing Israel-Iran war.

The United States has redirected an aircraft carrier from the South China Sea to the Middle East and deployed several aerial refueling tankers to Europe, ...

Eastman served as Test Director and Project Pilot for all helicopter aerial refueling tests and the first practicability demonstrations, using the probe and drogue system, were conducted on December ...

Israel's Air Force strikes Iranian refueling jet 2,300 km away in Mashhad, deepest hit yet A short while ago, the IAF (Israeli Air Force) struck an Iranian aerial refuelling aircraft at Mashhad ...