USAF Is the King of Aerial Refueling, Singapore Air Force Beats Them in a Key Area
12 Oct 2023, 07:22 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Airbus helps the Republic of Singapore Air Force become the first Air Force in the world to have a boom automatic refueling capability" for all its planes
AI Flies Drones in Close Proximity to an Aerial Tanker and Nothing Bad Happens
28 Mar 2023, 11:15 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Defense contractor Airbus announced a successful autonomous control test of several DT-25 drones in conjunction with an A310 MRTT aerial tanker
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
LMXT Is a Flying Gas Station for Future Wars, Only Military Aircraft Are Allowed a Sip
25 Jun 2022, 04:24 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The U.S. is looking to modernize its fleet of aerial tankers, and the Lockheed Martin – Airbus LMXT seems as good a choice as any
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
Hungry-Looking CV-22 Osprey Spins Massive Blades as It Approaches Flying Gas Station
21 May 2022, 00:18 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / CV-22 Osprey deployed with the 58th Special Operations Wing is seen here during a refueling mission over New Mexico back in April
Arkansas Goes Boom, to Make Refueling Hardware for America’s Next Aerial Strategic Tanker
20 May 2022, 09:05 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Lockheed Martin and Airbus announced this week production of the refueling boom for the LMXT tanker will take place at a new facility in Arkansas
KC-46 Pegasus Stays in the Air for 24.2 Hours, Air Mobility Command Record
11 May 2022, 07:19 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / KC-46 Pegasus operated by the Air Mobility Command flies a mission for 24.2 hours, sets the record for longest duration flight
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.
Foreign EF-18 Hornets Feed Off American KC-46 Pegasus for the First Time
28 Apr 2022, 06:25 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Spanish Air Force EF-18 Hornets refueled from an American KC-46A Pegasus for the first time in mid-April over a Spanish air base
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
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
Audio Reveals What Fighter Pilots Talk About on Refueling Ops, And It’s Food, Mostly
3 Feb 2022, 22:04 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Video that recently surfaced online shows snippets of the conversations between fighter pilots and tanker crews during refueling ops
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
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
Air Commando Refueling Black Hawk Seems Like a Towing Operation in the Sky
19 Aug 2021, 09:28 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / MC-130J Air Commando II seems to be towing an MH-60 Black Hawk in the sky over Australia during exercise back in July, it's a refueling operation
Combat King Tanker Refueling Helicopters Looks Like It's Towing Them
30 Jun 2021, 08:05 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / This photo released by the U.S. Air Force shows a HC-130J Combat King II tanker on a refueling mission with an HH-60G Pave Hawk and HH-60W Jolly Green II