Summary and Key Points: In June 2025’s Operation Midnight Hammer, seven B-2 stealth bombers flew a 36-hour, 12,000-mile round ...

The sight of a massive Chinese Y-20 tanker aircraft extending a fuel line to J-16 fighter jets over the Taiwan Strait in May ...

Aerial tankers might not have the same heroic image as jet fighters or the same firepower heavy bombers do, but their strategic importance is unrivaled in the day-to-day operations and movement of the ...

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 ...

Concept art released by Lockheed Martin shows its proposed LMXT refueling tanker, based on Airbus' Multi Role Tanker Transport, refueling an F-35. (Lockheed Martin) WASHINGTON — Lockheed Martin has ...

Documents show that Italy has signed in April 2026 a deal to acquire six A330 MRTT tankers which will replace the current ...

Lt. Gen. Arnold Bunch (left), military deputy, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Acquisition), passes the guidon to Brig. Gen. Donna Shipton (right). Shipton is the new program ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A pair of CHP officers find out the hard (and colorful) way that they are in the path of a firefighting air tanker.

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - High wind speeds and extreme weather conditions prevented aerial firefighting crews from assisting ground crews during the peak of Tuesday’s wildfires in southwest Kansas.