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

Air Combat Command operates the OC-135 as an observation platform in compliance with the Open Skies Treaty. The KC-135RT aircraft continue to undergo life-cycle upgrades to expand their ...

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

USAF Expects KC-46 Deliveries To End In 2031, KC-135 Recap To Follow is published in Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, an Aviation Week Intelligence Network (AWIN) Market Briefing and is included with ...

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 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 ...

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

A U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft lands at Selfridge Air National Guard Base in Harrison Township after being dispersed from the airfield since July 2024 due to runway construction.

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 ...