Although the key fixes for the KC-46 will still take years to fully reach the fleet, a new plan promises a 20% availability ...
The U.S. Navy’s MQ-25A Stingray just took flight. See how this carrier-based refueling drone is set to extend the reach of ...
An autonomous U.S. Navy refueling aircraft completed its first flight on April 25. In a release, Boeing, which built the MQ-25A, said operators tested basic flight controls and operations, while ...
Air refueling testing has begun for the Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider, the U.S. Air Force said late April 14. A Boeing KC-135 refueled the first test aircraft funded during the engineering and ...
It first flew in 1956, when Dwight D. Eisenhower was president. It carries 200,000 pounds of fuel, siphoned away midair through a metal tube. And it doesn’t have parachutes, trapping crews during a ...