Departure of the KC-135 — March Air Reserve Base's 'Airborne Shell Station' — Marks End of Era In service for six decades, the Air Force’s 396 KC-135 are being phased out and replaced by the newer, more advanced Boeing...
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'Keep It Gucci:' The Precise Art of Being an Air Force In-Flight Refueler In-flight refuelers, also known as boom operators, can pump more than tens of thousands of pounds of gas at a time.
KC-10 Tankers, B-1 Bombers Can Slowly Be Retired, Lawmakers Say The Air Force must maintain 50 primary mission KC-10A aircraft in 2021, legislation says. It must keep 24 combat-coded B-1s.
Air Force's Troubled KC-46 Tanker Has a New Problem: Leaking Fuel The U.S. Air Force's troubled new refueling tanker has yet another problem: excessive fuel leaks.
Head of TRANSCOM Wants Air Force to Hold Off on Tanker Retirements Thirteen KC-135s and 10 KC-10s "must be retained" to reduce stress on overtasked aircrews, he said.
Pentagon Should Explore Renting Refuelers Amid KC-46 Delays, General Says Gen. Lyons said that the aerial refueling element "is the most stressed and probably the one that's pushing the red line."
Major Problem with New Air Force Tanker Has Been Fixed, Service Says The Air Force's newest tanker has been cleared to carry extra passengers and equipment following a three-month ban.
Test Agency Approves Fix for Flawed F-35 Light That Blinded KC-135 Crews The existing lighting system was too bright, making it difficult for boom operators to observe the refueling process.
Boeing Gets Millions to Fix Air Force’s Too-Stiff KC-46 Refueling Boom The KC-46 has had many issues, including how the boom connects and disconnects from specific aircraft.
Navy SEAL Instructors 'Hunted' Weaker Candidates Amid Poor Medical Care, Drug Use The SEAL training course is rife with overzealous instructors, spotty medical care and students who were so determined to...
This Memorial Day, VA Adds More than 300,000 Veterans to its Legacy Memorial Project Site The website contains interactive landing pages for 4.8 million veterans buried in VA cemeteries and elsewhere.
Nearly 1 in 3 Veterans Agree with Racist Great Replacement Theory, Rand Study Finds A new study by Rand Corp. has found a much smaller number of veterans, compared to the general population, say they believe...
Body of US Special Forces Veteran Turned Over by Russian Mercenary Group Nick Maimer was killed in the embattled city of Bakhmut on May 15 or 16.
Tripler Army Medical Center to Pay $29.5M in Malpractice Case Hawaii's U.S. District Court on Tuesday awarded $29.5 million to a local military family in the largest medical malpractice...