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'Keep It Gucci:' The Precise Art of Being an Air Force In-Flight Refueler In-flight refuelers, also known as boom operators, can pump more than tens of thousands of pounds of gas at a time.
KC-10 Tankers, B-1 Bombers Can Slowly Be Retired, Lawmakers Say The Air Force must maintain 50 primary mission KC-10A aircraft in 2021, legislation says. It must keep 24 combat-coded B-1s.
Air Force's Troubled KC-46 Tanker Has a New Problem: Leaking Fuel The U.S. Air Force's troubled new refueling tanker has yet another problem: excessive fuel leaks.
Head of TRANSCOM Wants Air Force to Hold Off on Tanker Retirements Thirteen KC-135s and 10 KC-10s "must be retained" to reduce stress on overtasked aircrews, he said.
Pentagon Should Explore Renting Refuelers Amid KC-46 Delays, General Says Gen. Lyons said that the aerial refueling element "is the most stressed and probably the one that's pushing the red line."
Major Problem with New Air Force Tanker Has Been Fixed, Service Says The Air Force's newest tanker has been cleared to carry extra passengers and equipment following a three-month ban.
Test Agency Approves Fix for Flawed F-35 Light That Blinded KC-135 Crews The existing lighting system was too bright, making it difficult for boom operators to observe the refueling process.
Boeing Gets Millions to Fix Air Force’s Too-Stiff KC-46 Refueling Boom The KC-46 has had many issues, including how the boom connects and disconnects from specific aircraft.
Major Problems Persist With JLTV, Zumwalt Destroyer, GAO Finds The Government Accountability Office has found cost overruns and delays in the Pentagon's purchase of major weapons systems.
Before a Secret Raid on an ISIS Leader's Mountain Cave Complex, US Forces Ran the Mission at a Special Recreation of the Target Area It's a similar technique to the one used before the 2011 raid that brought down Osama bin Laden.
Three More Sailors Die by Suicide While Their Carriers Are Stuck in Shipyards The suicide aboard the George Washington comes a month after the Navy released its first report on the last three suicides...
Military Families Worried About Tax Bills After W-2s Show No Income Tax Withheld The Defense Finance and Accounting Service is denying a widespread issue of erroneous withholdings.
'A Total Shock': Parents Mourn Sudden Death of Their Air Force Academy Son Candyce and Dustin Brown last spoke to their son Hunter by phone on Sunday, Jan. 8, discussing the class schedule for his...
North Korea Could Get a Vital Lifeline from Arms Sales to Russia The U.S. made fresh accusations this month that Kim Jong Un is providing arms and ammunition to aid Putin’s war, including...
