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 ...

The U.S. Air Force Air Mobility Command has suggested their KC-135 Stratotanker fleet may serve beyond 2050 with a life extension and upgrade program. Almost 70 years after the type’s first flight, ...

Reliable Robotics participates in a KC-135 fly along to inform integration of its autonomous flight system into the airframe and boom. Credit: Reliable Robotics Reliable Robotics has completed a road ...

(Tribune News Service) — The familiar orange tiger tail of the KC-135 Stratotanker disappeared into the sky over McGuire Air Force Base a final time last month, as the iconic military refueling plane ...

An F-16 Fighting Falcon, assigned to the 64th Aggressor Squadron, conducts air-to-air refueling with a KC-135 Stratotanker during U.S. Air Force Weapons School Integration at Nellis Air Force Base, ...