Aerial refueling sounds straightforward enough — one aircraft passes fuel to another mid-flight. But when that mission ...

Ever since the United States Air Force stood up its first aerial refueling squadron in 1948, the technique of filling up fighter gas tanks on the fly has become an integral component of a US Armed ...

Military aircraft don't have time to land and refuel on sensitive missions. That's where aerial refueling tankers come in.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — Tennessee’s national lawmakers have announced that McGhee-Tyson Air National Guard Base in Blount County will become home to eight new KC-46 tanker aircraft. Senator Marsha ...

The first KC-46 “Gideon” tanker for the Israeli Air Force has been delivered less than one month after its first flight was announced. The Israeli Air Force received its first KC-46 at Nevatim Air ...

The McGhee Tyson Air National Guard Base in Knoxville will be a main operating base for the new KC-46 Pegasus aircraft. The KC-46 Pegasus is the U.S. Air Force's next-generation aerial refueling ...

Dec. 4 (UPI) --The U.S. Air Force took delivery of its 99th and 100th KC-46A Pegasus air-refueling tankers at Travis Air Force Base in Fairfield, Calif., on Tuesday. The Pegasus is capable of single- ...