As a space buff, I knew the KC-135 was used to train astronauts for weightlessness. But its main mission is USAF aircraft ...

The Air Force inventory of 732 aircraft are more than 50 years old ... Four turbofans, mounted under 35-degree swept wings, power the KC-135 to takeoffs at gross weights of up to 322,500 pounds.

Retirement signals show a shift from the KC-135 to newer aircraft, like the KC-46 Pegasus. The KC-135 legacy continues as the aircraft adapts to different roles beyond refueling missions ...

The aircraft is the last in a long line of converted tankers to serve with the Marine Corps, which used legacy KC-130s that ...

Boeing is widely known for its commercial airplanes, but it also makes military planes flown by the U.S. and its allies. Here ...

It is intended to replace the oldest of the U.S. Air Force’s KC-135 Stratotanker fleet -- some ... power the KC-46A to takeoff at gross weights up to 415,000 pounds. Nearly all internal fuel ...

Boeing’s KC-135 Stratotanker is an aerial refueling aircraft that provides core aerial refueling capability for the U.S. Air ...

Aerial refueling is the process of transferring fuel from one aircraft ... pilots who have trained on the KC-135 Stratotanker. Vilven: Before we even take off, there is anywhere from two to ...

three U.S. Air Force airmen of the 92nd Air Refueling Wing died in a midair explosion after the KC-135 they were aboard performed an involuntary Dutch roll. During takeoff, the aircraft ...

The newly painted KC-135 features black-and-white invasion stripes, a hallmark of WWII aircraft involved in the D-Day invasion of Normandy, as well as nose art inspired by Kunkle’s own P-38 ...

Col Ryan Garlow (left) and Maj Michael Hansen (right) will fly a KC-135 aircraft during the D-Day anniversary A pilot has spoken of his pride in honouring his squadron's predecessors that were a ...

The U.S. Air Force and Navy are preparing for the impending Hurricane Milton by relocating essential aircraft. Personnel at MacDill Air Force Base (KMCF) in Tampa, Florida, closed the base to all ...