This article examines how the KC-46 stacks up against legacy tankers in 2025, across fuel capacity, technology, survivability, and operational utility. Understanding how the KC-46 compares with its ...

The U.S. Air Force Air Mobility Command has suggested their KC-135 Stratotanker fleet may serve beyond 2050 with a life extension and upgrade program. Almost 70 years after the type’s first flight, ...

The Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker remains one of the longest-serving military aircraft in history, a true workhorse that has supported USA operations around the globe for nearly seven decades. Since its ...

The KC-135 was used to expand tactical communications across joint and combined forces for contested, multi-domain operations, and is now testing the High Value Airborne Asset Pod. The Air National ...