The mission is a follow-on to a Space Systems Command contract Northrop received last year to develop a tanker satellite ...

Unlike the previous version of Air Force One, the new model won’t be capable of mid-air refueling. Harrison warned that this omission alone poses a “major security risk” in situations where ...

Important upgrades for this edition of Air Force One include aerial refueling capability, defensive counter-measures against attack including radar jamming, hardened electronics, and flare and ...

The 190th welcomed a site survey team consisting of members from the National Guard Bureau and active-duty Air Force to ...

"Our job is to evaluate how difficult aerial refueling will be for operational ... of our successful partnership with the Air Force and brings us one step closer to delivering this much needed ...

US President Donald Trump on Friday awarded Boeing a $20 billion contract to build the US Air Force's most sophisticated ...

providing in-flight refueling to US and coalition aircraft, from Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm to Operation Inherent Resolve. The retirement comes as the Air Force begins preparing for ...

Johnny Lamontagne, head of Air Mobility Command, told Defense One during the State of Defense ... the technology for survivable aerial refueling. The Air Force’s plans for its next purchase ...

Royal Air Force officer Richard Atcherley developed and patented a system for aerial refueling. Others later improved upon it but still relied on gravity to transfer fuel from one aircraft to another.

Refueling fighter aircraft en route is a prerequisite for Denmark to fly missions far from home, in the Arctic and Northern ...

After a flight of just over two hours, they descended back to Altus Air Force Base. A reminder that the 97th Air Mobility ...

We rapidly developed new concepts to advance each of our core missions: airlift, aerial refueling, aeromedical evacuation, and enabling ground support. Produced by the Air Force Association’s ...