For fighter jets to project power any significant distance from their nation's borders, they need aircraft carriers, forward ...

These members of the Pennsylvania Air National Guard fill up a plane's gas tanks — they just do it at 20,000 feet in the air.

The McGhee Tyson Air National Guard Base in Knoxville will be a main operating base for the new KC-46 Pegasus aircraft. The KC-46 Pegasus is the U.S. Air Force's next-generation aerial refueling ...

The Air Force has operated the KC-46A since 2022 and expects the aircraft to remain in service into the 2070s.

U.S. Marines assigned to Marine Aerial Refuel and Transport Squadron (VMGR) 252 conduct aerial refuel exercises above Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, NC on September 19, 2017. VMGR-252 ...

DETAILS. DO YOU HAVE YOU TURN TEN DEGREES? RIGHT? TEN DEGREES RIGHT AFTER. THEY ARE GAS STATIONS IN THE SKY. THE 1/57 AIR REFUELING WING AT PEASE PLAYS A KEY ROLE IN AERIAL REFUELING BY REFUELING ...

The U.S. Air Force took delivery of its 99th and 100th KC-46A Pegasus air-refueling tankers at Travis Air Force Base in ...

The US Air Force’s 99th and 100th KC-46A Pegasus aircraft were delivered to Travis AFB, California earlier this month—with a ...

The reason why the F-22 could be considered the world's best fighter for air refueling is because of the incredible strategic ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — Tennessee’s national lawmakers have announced that McGhee-Tyson Air National Guard Base in Blount County will become home to eight new KC-46 tanker aircraft. Senator Marsha ...

Three of the Air Force’s newest and most advanced refueling tankers sustained a combined $22 million in damage in similar airborne accidents when refueling probes became stuck in fighter jets during ...

One of the new KC-46A Pegasus tanker aircraft was unveiled at McGhee Tyson Air National Guard Base on Sunday. In November, 6 ...