AIRWAY HEIGHTS, Wash. -- One of the oldest and rarest air fuel tankers got some upgrades earlier in November at Fairchild Air Force Base. The KC-135 model has been around since the 1950s. Other Air ...

Lockheed Martin first rolled out its A330 MRTT-derived proposal, known as the LMXT, in September 2021. This would have involved converting Airbus A330s into an Air Force-specific MRTT configuration at ...

The familiar orange tiger tail of the KC-135 Stratotank disappeared into the sky over McGuire Air Force Base a final time last month, as the iconic military refueling plane flew off for another duty ...

The Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker remains one of the longest-serving military aircraft in history, a true workhorse that has supported USA operations around the globe for nearly seven decades. Since its ...