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.
Upcharging on Food, Selling Booze: The Army's Plan to Privatize Dining The Army is preparing to overhaul its food service system in a move that could strip away government-run dining facilities...
Pentagon Plans $5 Billion for Border, Bets on Trump Bill to Fill Funding Gaps The budget plans for fiscal 2026 were released as President Donald Trump is pursuing mass deportations across the country and...
Pentagon Presses Iran Strike Claims as Briefed Senators Point to Unknown Effects A Pentagon press conference ordered by President Trump quickly turned contentious, with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth...
Iran’s Supreme Leader Warns Against Further American Attacks in His First Statement Since Ceasefire Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said his country had delivered a "slap to America’s face” with its strike on an...
Air Force Academy Cadets Arrive for Basic Training, Encouraged to Cultivate Intensity and Courage More than 1,000 cadets flowed up the stairs at the Holaday Athletic Center at the Air Force Academy to start chasing their...