Aerial refueling sounds straightforward enough — one aircraft passes fuel to another mid-flight. But when that mission ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A KC-135 refueling aircraft "went down" in Iraq, the US military announced Thursday evening. A second unidentified aircraft was ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — All six crew members of a KC-135 refueling aircraft that crashed while supporting operations against Iran are dead, the U.S. military said Friday. U.S. Central Command, which ...

When you're sitting at the gate watching the ground crew scurry around the plane, refueling might seem like a quick plug-and-go process. But commercial aircraft aren't your average gas guzzlers — you ...

The U.S. Navy's E-2 Advanced Hawkeye is a carrier-borne Airborne Command and Control aircraft that has acted as a nerve center and protective umbrella for carrier groups for decades. Although the ...

Remaining stable enough to allow for the fuel transfer between two aircraft at high speeds in midair can require pinpoint flying, though the process is eased through constant communication. Aerial ...

Self-serve aircraft fueling, while cost-effective, significantly increases the risk of fires caused by static electricity due to inherent aircraft characteristics and fueling practices. Aircraft are ...

MOSCOW, March 6. /TASS/. The main airport of Havana warned of impossibility to refuel passenger airplanes until April 10 at the least, a source in the air traffic control community told TASS, ...

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. The US military said on Friday that all six crew members were killed after their KC-135 refueling ...