Feds Arrest Former Air Force Base Engineer in Connection to Deadly Mississippi KC-130 Crash in 2017 James Michael Fisher's arrest comes nearly seven years to the day after the July 10, 2017, crash.
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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.
Marine Raiders Ordered to Stop Wearing Multicam Uniforms to Align Elite Unit with Broader Service The special operations Marines will abandon the pattern worn by units such as Army Special Forces on Jan. 1, a spokesman said...
Navy Confirms Just One More Chief, Officer Punished for Illicit Wi-Fi Network on Warship Between the investigation and Fields' update, the publicly acknowledged sum total of punishments meted out for the Wi-Fi...
Shaw Air Force Base Dining Halls Are Closed Until 2026. Relatives Worry Young Airmen Aren't Getting Healthy Meals. Shaw Air Force Base in South Carolina has not had an operating dining hall for airmen in nearly a year and a half, leaving...
Air Force Uses B-2 Bomber for First Time in Combat Since 2017, Sending Message to Iran The bombers conducted airstrikes on five underground weapons facilities, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said, and the...
Investigation of SEALs Drowning Also Uncovers Allegations of Performance-Enhancing Drug Use, Secret Surgery The Navy investigation stressed that "the allegations raised in the complaint were not root causes" of the decision to...