Thousands of feet up and racing across the sky at hundreds of miles per hour, US Air Force tankers close to within just 12 feet of fighter jets to refuel them in flight, sometimes as little as 8 feet, ...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recently completed construction of a 76,587 square-foot KC46A flight training center simulator facility on Altus Air Force Base as part of a multi-phase construction ...

ARLINGTON, V--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Leonardo DRS, Inc. (NASDAQ: DRS) announced today that it was awarded a contract from Boeing Defense to provide the upgraded Aerial Refueling Operator Station (AROS 2.0) ...

Business Insider recently interviewed a US Air Force boom operator at a base in England. The boom operator is responsible for setting up the midair refueling for a receiving aircraft. They shared how ...