Aerial refueling is one of the most demanding and precise maneuvers in military aviation. Two aircraft traveling at hundreds ...

An investigation found that a KC-46A's emergency landing and refueling boom damage in July 2025 was mainly due to the ...

A 2025 accident was the fourth time since 2022 that a design flaw known as "nozzle binding" in the Air Force's newest, high ...

20,000 FEET OVER THE ATLANTIC — As the KC-10 tanker hugs the North Carolina coast about 40 miles north of Cherry Point Naval Air Station, six EA-6B Prowlers from Marine Tactical Electronic Warfare ...

For Staff Sgt. Kyle Hunt, refueling an aircraft midflight, tens of thousands of feet in the air, is something like playing a video game. “Trying to guide in there like a claw machine,” Hunt said.

Thousands of feet up and racing across the sky at hundreds of miles per hour, US Air Force tankers close to within just 12 feet of fighter jets to refuel them in flight, sometimes as little as 8 feet, ...

A KC-46A Pegasus like this one flew an entire aerial refueling mission with one pilot and one boom operator, two people - just as with the F-15E pictured here - on October 25. The Air Force’s newest ...

Business Insider recently interviewed a US Air Force boom operator at a base in England. The boom operator is responsible for setting up the midair refueling for a receiving aircraft. They shared how ...