Business Insider spoke to a boom operator about their responsibilities aboard a KC-135 tanker at a base in England.

House and Senate versions of the FY2026 NDAA offer competing visions for the Air Force’s refueling fleet, threatening to ...

What it takes for a 322,500-pound plane to fly fast and low like a fighter. At Airshow London SkyDrive 2025, the U.S. Air Force’s KC-135 Stratotanker provided the answer in a performance that combined ...

The USAF is likely to keep the Rivet Joint flying past 2050, 90 years after entering service. The absence of a planned ...

Previous deployments of the KC-135 Stratotanker aerial refueler to the Middle East have often come before US military action. The United States Air Force does not disclose the movement of high-profile ...

I spent some time watching the USAF KC-135 Stratotanker running training circuits - and caught some impressively low flyovers and smooth touch-and-go landings. In this video, I highlight the precision ...

ABOARD DEFENSE SECRETARY DONALD RUMSFELD'S AIRCRAFT, Oct. 18 — -- I'm sitting behind the pilot of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's E-4B aircraft, a highly customized and heavily armored ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate on Tuesday easily confirmed Troy Meink as the secretary of the Air Force, putting a former KC-135 tanker aircraft navigator and space expert in charge of the service. The ...