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, ...

Calls for a specific squawk code to be designated for gliders have emerged after a USAF KC-135 Stratotanker came within 15 metres of colliding with a glider over Eastern England. On Apr. 8, 2025, a KC ...

Reliable Robotics, a leader in safety-enhancing aircraft automation systems, today announced completion of a KC-135 Stratotanker Automation Study for the U.S. Air Force (USAF). The study was ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jim Clash writes about extreme adventure and classic rock. Being a longtime space buff, I know about the KC-135. In the day, it ...

A crazy cool video shows something you don’t see too often: a KC-135 tanker in the famous “Mach Loop” low flying area. Certain scarcely populated areas of the UK, known as ‘Low Flying Areas’ (LFAs) ...

EVERETT — The Air Force found itself in the middle of not one, but two messes involving tanker contracts this week when Alabama Aircraft Industries filed a lawsuit against it. “We believe that the Air ...

UK investigators have underlined the importance of transponders, after a serious airprox incident in which a US Air Force Boeing KC-135 carried out an evasive manoeuvre to avoid an undetected glider.

WASHINGTON, Nov 17 (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday lifted a lower court's injunction against a $1.2 billion Air Force maintenance contract with Boeing Co that was protested by Alabama ...

First phase of funded study provides key insights for full large aircraft and boom automation MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Reliable Robotics, a leader in safety-enhancing aircraft ...