NEW HANOVER, N.J. (WPVI) -- New Jersey will finally see planes darting into the sky and speeding across a crowd of spectators watching from the ground. The Power in the Pines Air Show is back with ...
The U.S. Air Force planned in 2024 to certify the F-117A Nighthawk to be able to refuel from the KC-46A Pegasus, the service’s newest tanker. Two F-117 Nighthawks have been spotted while refueling ...
Now that the new KC-46 tanker’s bumpy design phase appears to be in the rear-view mirror, the U.S. Air Force is looking forward to bringing online a capability that top brass say could fundamentally ...
The KC-46 tanker’s refueling boom has gotten stuck in at least three fighter jets during missions, resulting in three accidents and damage measured in the tens of millions of dollars, the Air Force ...
Aerial refueling has always been one of the most difficult tasks in aviation. It requires two aircraft flying at hundreds of miles per hour to connect with precision measured in inches. Pilots often ...
The McGhee Tyson Air National Guard Base in Knoxville will be a main operating base for the new KC-46 Pegasus aircraft. The KC-46 Pegasus is the U.S. Air Force's next-generation aerial refueling ...
A KC-46 Pegasus refuels an F-16 at night, as seen through the updated version of the Remote Vision System, or RVS 2.0. (Boeing) The KC-46 Pegasus refueling tanker’s troubled remote vision system is ...