The MRTT program has several key advantages over comparable aircraft like the KC-135—chiefly its ability to draw from civilian supply chains for upkeep.

India has ordered a handful of Boeing 767 planes to be converted into aerial tankers, with assistance from Israel.

DAVENPORT, Iowa--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cobham Mission Systems, the world leader in air-to-air refueling solutions, proudly confirms its underwing mounted refueling buddy store was carried for the first ...

Six pre-owned B-767s will be converted by Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) into aerial refuellers, as the IAF's older ...

Most modern fighter jets can stay airborne for less than an hour without refueling, making aerial tankers essential to almost ...

The E-2D Advanced Hawkeye, the U.S. Navy’s primary carrier-based airborne early warning and command and control aircraft, has showcased its impressive aerial refueling capabilities. This achievement ...

CLEVELAND--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Intelligent power management company Eaton has been selected by Bell Textron Inc., a Textron Inc. company, to design, develop and certify the aerial refueling retractable ...

Denmark, Finland and Sweden have signed a declaration of intent to join NATO’s Multinational Multi-Role Tanker Transport Fleet (MMF). The three countries will join the Netherlands-led ...

This paper addresses carrier aircraft landing scheduling considering bolting and aerial refueling. It defines fuel and wake ...

Intelligent power management company Eaton has been selected by Bell Textron Inc., a Textron Inc. company, to design, develop and certify the aerial refueling retractable probe for the U.S. Army’s ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. William Donald "Don" Eastman, Jr. (b. 1932) was the first pilot to demonstrate the feasibility of air-to-air refueling of helicopters as well as ...

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan — A U.S. Air Force KC-46A Pegasus aerial refueling aircraft landed safely at this airlift hub in western Tokyo after declaring an in-flight emergency Tuesday, an Air Force ...