Is That Gum Stuck to My Nuclear Bomber? Plus 4 Other USAF Pics of Exposed Aircraft Skin
4 Sep 2023, 08:03 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / USAF's weekly release of photos of airplane in action shows fighters over record-breaking volley game, a flipped F-35, and someone standing on a B-2 Spirit.
24 C-17 Globemasters Fly From the Same Base for the First Time, Show Uncle Sam’s Might
10 Jan 2023, 16:22 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / 24 C-17 Globemaster IIIs were involved earlier this month in a mammoth exercise in South Carolina, F-16s also took part.
F-35 Lightning Shows Camo Unlike Anything We've Seen Before
24 Oct 2022, 07:40 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / An F-35 Lightning flying with an undisclosed unit is captured on camera while on refueling mission, shows incredible camo up top
MC-130J Commandos and KC-135 Stratotanker Are Not the Most Spectacular Sights in This Pic
9 Sep 2022, 23:24 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / USAF pic showing two MC-130J Commando IIs and a KC-135 Stratotanker also seems to capture the Earth's curvature, and it's a sight to behold
Strike Eagles Set Off Flares Behind a Fuel-Loaded Stratotanker, Is it Dangerous?
31 Jul 2022, 00:26 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Two F-15E Strike Eagles, deployed with the 335th Fighter Squadron set off flares as they move away from the KC-135 Stratotanker that refueled them
Geared Up F-22 Raptor Pilot Shows Us How Close Planes Get During Refueling
21 Jun 2022, 09:20 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / F-22 Raptor and its pilot are shown here during a refueling op which took place back in May, during exercise Sentry Savannah
Raptors and Eagles Chase Stratotanker, They’re Cold and Hungry for Fuel
29 May 2022, 00:12 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Two F-22 Raptors and an F-15 Eagle are seen here on refueling mission during a Dissimilar Aircraft Combat Training exercise in Alaska
F-16 Fighting Falcon Comes in for a Refuel and a Close-Up, Nails Both
6 May 2022, 23:34 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / New aerial refueling photo shows an American F-16 Fighting Falcon pulling up to an KC-135 Stratotanker to get its fill during an exercise.
This Is How the B-52 Stratofortress Pulls Up at the Gas Station
28 Mar 2022, 11:28 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / B-52 Stratofortress is seen in this USAF photo on a refueling mission with a KC-135 Stratotanker sometime in February near Guam
Old KC-135 Stratotanker Looks Meaner Than It Is on Mission in Japan
24 Mar 2022, 10:23 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / KC-135 Stratotanker deployed with the 909th Air Refueling Squadron is seen here on the tarmac of the Kadena Air Base in Japan
This Is How F-16 Fighting Falcons Leave the Gas Station
16 Mar 2022, 07:32 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Two F-16 Fighting Falcons are seen here breaking away from a KC-135 Stratotanker during a mission over the Red Sea back in February
F-15E Strike Eagle Sneaks Away From Under a Stratotanker, Bed of Clouds Awaits
19 Jan 2022, 10:13 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / An F-15E Strike Eagle is seen here moving away from a KC-135 Stratotanker in one of the most beautiful shots of aerial refueling ever released
Extreme Closeup of F-22 Raptors in Close Formation Over Mount Fuji Is Pure Visual Poetry
7 Jan 2022, 12:22 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Four F-22 Raptors chase a KC-135 Stratotanker over Japan's Mount Fuji in this pic taken in April last year, a rare instance of so many such planes together
F-16 Fighting Falcons Chase KC-135 Stratotanker Over the Desert, They Look Full
29 Dec 2021, 10:38 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / A pair of F-16 Fighting Falcons is seen here flying in formation behind a KC-135 Stratotanker after performing aerial refualing
F-16 Fighting Falcon Feeding at Night Plays a Scary Game of Light and Shadows
22 Dec 2021, 14:48 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / A F-16 Fighting Falcon is seen here while on a night time refueling mission accompanied by a KC-135 Stratotanker in an undisclosed location
Here’s How 18 KC-135 Stratotankers Look Like on an Elephant Walk
23 Nov 2021, 10:26 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Almost five percent of the entire fleet of existing KC-135 Stratotankers got together on the same runway for an exercise back in September
Hunter and Prey Military Aircraft Come Together Behind Fuel Source
30 Sep 2021, 15:49 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Two F-15C Eagles, an equal number of F-16 Fighting Falcons, and a KC-135 Stratotanker come together in the skies over Alaska
When USAF Officers Look Out a Window, This Is What They See
17 Sep 2021, 12:08 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / F-22 Raptor and KC-135 Stratotanker get together in the skies over the Nevada Test and Training Range for a refueling op exercise
KC-135 Stratotankers Almost Kiss Each Other, Surrounded by Tiny Humans
13 Sep 2021, 15:52 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Two KC-135 Stratotankers are seen on the ground next to each other at the Roland R. Wright Air National Guard Base in Salt Lake City, Utah
F-16 Fighting Falcon Looks Like a Bird of Prey Feeding in the Misty Air
21 Aug 2021, 07:11 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / This F-16 Fighting Falcon deployed with the 115th Fighter Wing of the Wisconsin Air National Guard is seen refueling from a KC-135 Stratotanker