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 ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — It's a mid-air mission that keeps America's military aircraft in the sky for a lot longer than normal. Based in Columbus at Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base, the 121st Air ...

I recently visited Meridian to meet with men and women of the 186th Air Refueling Wing, as well as local community and business leaders. We discussed several issues, but there was one topic at the top ...

The KC-135 Stratotanker plays a quiet but essential role in U.S. air operations. By refueling aircraft mid-air, it allows ...

THERMAL, Calif. -- A Marine Corps F-35 fighter jet crashed in Imperial County, California, after clipping the wing of a Marine KC-130 refueling tanker during a mid-air refueling, according to a Marine ...

The short answer is they are military aircraft and are likely performing training missions. Having worked in Knoxville, I was familiar with the Tennessee Air National Guard’s 134th Air Refueling Wing ...

Commercial aircraft, in lots of ways, are the typically slower and more practical relatives of military aircraft. The U.S. Air Force's fighter jets, for instance, are often armed with an array of ...

YUMA, Ariz. – A fighter pilot had to eject from a military plane Tuesday after it “made contact” with another aircraft during training in Arizona. The Marine Corps Air Station Yuma says an F-35B made ...

A view shows the entire process at the 10th Main Jet Base Command in Incirlik, from the preparations made by the Asenalar Squadron for air refueling to the mid-air refueling of F-16 and F-4E/2020 ...

In a hypothetical conflict with Russia, US and NATO aircraft could link with ground FARP elements in impromptu runways close to the battlefield and rearm and refuel. In a near-peer conflict, US air ...

A JetBlue flight from the small Caribbean nation of Curaçao halted its ascent to avoid colliding with a U.S. Air Force refueling tanker, and the pilot blamed the military plane for crossing his path ...