Today is the United States Air Force's birthday!It was established on this day in 1947.And to mark the occasion Tinker Air ...

Depending on fuel storage configuration, the KC-135 can carry up to 83,000 pounds of cargo. Nearly all internal fuel can be pumped through the flying boom, the KC-135's primary fuel transfer method.

The US Air Force is celebrating its 77th birthday on Wednesday, and airmen at Tinker Air Force Base are sharing more about ...

The Air Force couldn't achieve air dominance without its fleet of tankers. Pilots with the 507th Air Refueling Wing say that ...

It is intended to replace the oldest of the U.S. Air Force’s KC-135 Stratotanker fleet -- some ... equipped with a modernized KC-10 refueling boom integrated with proven fly-by-wire control ...

The U.S. Air Force is pushing ahead with experimentation that could lead to the transformation of KC-135 tankers into ...

NOBLE41’s crew communicated via radio to the air traffic control that NOBLE42 suffered hydraulic problems, while the KC-46 possibly had problems to the boom ... load on KC-135’s units ...

The multi-mission jet will replace the USAF's aging KC-10 and KC-135 tankers, the latter dating ... though it plans to buy a total of 179. "The boom will be lowered down, and then we will use ...

3D-printers already make a lot of items but one local kid is using his machine to make key chains for all Kansas City sports teams. Cindy Cash, former manager of Indian Springs, says she is ...

who guides the KC-135's fuel line to the incoming aircraft. “My boom pod is essentially situated underneath the airplane,” Senior Airman Peter Whitfield said. “I'll lower it, they'll ...