U.S. Air Force members operate a KC-135 Stratotanker to conduct aerial refueling operations during Talisman Sabre 25 in Northern Territory, Australia, July 17, 2025. Talisman Sabre is the largest ...

SIOUX CITY (KTIV) - We see them flying above the Sioux City metro frequently, the large KC-135 refueling planes based at the 185th Air Refueling Wing. While the pilots are those behind the controls, ...

President Trump’s intentions for Venezuela remain unclear—but the deployment of the KC-135s could be a prelude to extended ...

Flight testing of an autonomous KC-135 Stratotanker may begin next year. Boston’s Merlin Labs, Inc. and the U.S. Air Force’s 6th Air Refueling Wing at MacDill AFB, Fla., have been testing the Merlin ...

The Bangor Air National Guard Base is one of just seven nationwide being considered to receive a new air refueling tanker, known as the KC-46A Pegasus, which the U.S. Air Force is using to replace its ...

A massive new tanker is revitalizing the Air Force's refueling fleet, and a site survey team pondering whether to choose Topeka to house some of those planes is expected to visit Forbes Field 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 ...

Alaska Sen. Dan Sullivan signaled that Eielson Air Force Base could be anticipating four planned KC-135 Stratotankers soon, more than a year after their expected arrival. In a Wednesday news release, ...

A KC-135 Stratotanker made a precautionary landing Wednesday at Kadena Air Base on Okinawa, according to a local media report. The aerial refueler landed at 2:47 p.m., the Okinawa Times reported, ...

Forbes Field Air National Guard Base in Topeka could house eight KC-46A Pegasus, a new aircraft that specializes in in-flight refueling. The Pegasus will replace the Air Force’s KC-135 Stratotankers, ...