With Automatic Air-to-Air Refueling, the Boom Flight Control System becomes fully automated and autonomously makes contact with the receiver, reducing the tanker’s crew workload. The Airbus A330 MRTT ...

On Apr. 10, 2025, a C-17 from Joint Base Lewis-McChord became the first in the U.S. Air Force Air Mobility Command to take fuel from a commercially contracted KDC-10B. Omega Air Refueling, based in ...

The rollout of the Boeing KC-46A Pegasus tanker’s new remote vision system will likely slip into 2026, placing it nearly two years behind schedule, according to the Air Force’s top acquisition ...

A Baraboo native is participating in a Wisconsin flight tradition in Oshkosh in July. Braydon Scarborough, a 2018 Baraboo High School graduate and current boom operator in the United States Air Force, ...

After decades of service, a legendary tanker says farewell. Alan de Herrera A retired KC-10 Extender known as Excalibur awaits a six-day mothballing process at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, ...

Aerial refueling has always been one of the most difficult tasks in aviation. It requires two aircraft flying at hundreds of miles per hour to connect with precision measured in inches. Pilots often ...