BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE, La. (KSLA) — The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds will headline the 2025 Defenders of Liberty Air Show on March 29-30 at Barksdale Air Force Base. Hours will be 9 a.m.-4 p.m. each ...

Aerial refueling is the backbone of American expeditionary power. Tankers extend range, sustain combat aircraft on station, and support global mobility networks. The Boeing KC-46 Pegasus entered ...

The newest generation of aerial refueling aircraft for the U.S. Air Force will be based at the McGhee Tyson Air National Guard Base at the Knoxville airport. The KC-46 Pegasus was designed to replace ...

After years and years of practice, aerial refueling seems to have become a second nature for American pilots, and, thanks to the rapid expansion of aerial refueling capabilities, for quite a lot of ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - The 190th Air Refueling Wing (ARW) at Forbes Field Air National Guard Base will welcome a site survey team consisting of members from the National Guard Bureau and active-duty ...

A KC-46 Pegasus refuels an F-16 at night, as seen through the updated version of the Remote Vision System, or RVS 2.0. (Boeing) The KC-46 Pegasus refueling tanker’s troubled remote vision system is ...

If you ever feel like your life’s a mess, remember that it could be worse: you could be an air-to-air refueling tanker that’s already five years late, billions of dollars over budget, and still ...

A KC-46A Pegasus, assigned to McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, sits on the flightline at Morón Air Base, Spain, April 17. The aircraft was one of four participating in the first KC-46 Employment ...

The Air Mobility Command is one of 11 major Air Force commands. Ever since 1992, it has been in charge of airlift, air refueling, air mobility support and aeromedical evacuation, meaning all those ...

A KC-46A Pegasus like this one flew an entire aerial refueling mission with one pilot and one boom operator, two people - just as with the F-15E pictured here - on October 25. The Air Force’s newest ...

A KC-46 Pegasus assigned to the 931st Air Refueling Wing, McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, refuels an F-15C Eagle while an F-16 Fighting Falcon and F-15C assigned to Eglin AFB, Florida, fly alongside ...

The McGhee Tyson Air National Guard Base in Knoxville will be a main operating base for the new KC-46 Pegasus aircraft. The KC-46 Pegasus is the U.S. Air Force's next-generation aerial refueling ...