New images circulating online appear to show the U.S. Air Force’s next-generation B-21 Raider stealth bomber performing its first publicly observed aerial refueling, offering a rare and fleeting ...

A US Navy F/A-18 fighter jet was refueled mid-air by a US Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker while conducting a patrol mission ...

Six U.S. service members were killed when a KC-135 refueling aircraft crashed in western Iraq Thursday afternoon after a mid-air incident with a second aircraft, officials confirmed. A U.S. KC-135 ...

Developers Boeing and the U.S. Navy say they successfully completed the first two-hour test flight of an operational model.

The Pentagon has identified six U.S. service members who were killed when a KC-135 refueling aircraft crashed in western Iraq during a combat mission in support of Operation Epic Fury. The incident, ...

According to flight tracking data from Flightradar24, the aircraft had taken off from Al Dhafra Air Base in the United Arab ...

A multi-billion dollar next-generation aerial tanker program managed at Wright-Patterson has completed mid-air refueling tests and awaits the Pentagon’s approval to buy the first batch of aircraft, ...

The first operational Boeing MQ-25A Stingray has taken to the sky for the first time. On April 25, 2026, the carrier-based autonomous aerial refueling plane took off from MidAmerica Airport in ...

The U.S. Navy and defense contractor Boeing announced the first complete test flight of the MQ-25A Stingray aerial refueling drone.

The Navy and Boeing conducted the first test flight of the MQ-25A Stingray over the weekend. The Stingray is a drone designed for air-to-air refueling. The drone will eventually extend the range of ...