Why does Air Force One take so long to replace? It’s not just bureaucracy.
Here’s why Air Force One takes so long to build. From the outside, the president’s plane doesn’t look all that different from ...
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As tanker plans remains uncertain, today’s Air Force refuelers may fly past their 100th birthday
The Air Force may have to keep its aging KC-135 tankers flying beyond their planned 2050 retirement, depending on how many ...
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Breaking: Boeing Awarded Contract to Build U.S. Air Force’s Next-Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) Fighter called F-47
U.S. President Donald Trump personally announced the winner of the U.S. Air Force's NGAD program competition for the ...
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Royal Air Force Conducts a First Air-to-Air Refueling With German Tanker
The Royal Air Force (RAF) has conducted its first air-to-air refueling of Typhoons with a German Air Force Atlas A400M in an operation aimed at increasing capability as part of an international ...
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How Utahns are ensuring KC-135s are flown for decades to come
What you might not know is the history behind them and how vital they are for the future of the Air Force and the United ... Revolutionizing mid-air refueling as the first-ever jet engine-powered ...
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How the Air Force's 'tank drivers' keep tankers full of fuel and in flying shape
Tucked away behind US Central Command and MacDill Air Force Base, Florida's traditional hangars lies a hangar originally built to house fighter jets. On a given day, peeking out of that hangar ...
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Russian Northern Fleet pilots practice mid-air refueling in Arctic drills
MOSCOW, November 21. /TASS/. Pilots of MiG-31 interceptor fighters and Su-24 bombers of the Northern Fleet’s air regiment practiced mid-air refueling from an Il-78 aerial refueling tanker in ...
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Air National Guard prepares to deploy in KC-46 refueling aircraft's historic operation
Sep 8, 2024 Sep 8, 2024 Updated Dec 15, 2024 NEWINGTON — The New Hampshire Air ... Air Force to the Middle East. A ceremony Sunday honored the more than 180 airmen of the 157th Air Refueling ...