The tests went well and included fitting the aircraft with a McDonnell Douglas Advanced Aerial Refueling Boom and additional fuel tanks. By adding fuel tanks below the main deck, the KC-10 had ...

Tankers will be leased from the French Air Force and private company Metrea while the Indian Air Force finalizes plans for a ...

This aircraft is equipped with a modernized KC-10 refueling boom integrated with proven fly-by-wire control system and delivering a fuel offload rate required for large aircraft. In addition ...

Using either an advanced aerial refueling boom, or a hose and drogue centerline refueling system, the KC-10 can refuel a wide variety of U.S. and allied military aircraft within the same mission.

India’s defence ministry has signed a contract with US firm Metrea to wet lease KC-135 Stratotanker for IAF pilot training, ...

Braydon Scarborough, a Baraboo native and military boom operator, will participate in the annual EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh from July 21-27.

Some of the refueling logistics depend on what kind of aircraft are being flown. The US Air Force uses a flying boom system, where a long, thin tube extends from the tanker into a receptacle on ...

Refueling fighter aircraft en route is a prerequisite for Denmark to fly missions far from home, in the Arctic and Northern ...

Some of the refueling logistics depend on what kind of aircraft are being flown. The US Air Force uses a flying boom system, where a long, thin tube extends from the tanker into a receptacle on ...

This refueling technique is called "flying boom". It's a difficult method that both aircrafts have to navigate. Here's how the mission is completed: The receiver aircraft approaches the tanker ...

"It gets a little sketchy sometimes" 100th Air Refueling Wing boom operator"It gets a little sketchy sometimes" 100th Air Refueling Wing boom operator Available for over a year Based at RAF ...