A commercial KDC‐10 tanker aircraft refuels a U.S. Air Force F‐16 Fighting Falcon from the 51st Fighter Wing en route to Commando Sling 23 at Paya Lebar Air Base, Singapore, on November 6. [Courtesy: ...

The Air Force has operated the KC-46A since 2022 and expects the aircraft to remain in service into the 2070s.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Air Force conducted its first aerial refueling of fighter aircraft by a commercial tanker on Nov. 6. The commercial refueling of F-16 Fighting Falcons from Osan Air Base in South ...

An Omega KDC-10 refueled the two aircraft over the Pacific Ocean in March. The U.S. Air Force’s Pacific Air Forces command recently disclosed that commercial aerial refueling services have been used ...

Jiren Parikh, Ghost Robotics CEO, briefs service members on the capabilities of the company's Robodogs during the Advanced Battle Management System demonstration in 2019. The company develops the ...

The Air Force has refueled airborne fighters from a commercial tanker for the first time, proving another means of extending its combat airpower, the service said in a recent news release. Omega ...

The Space Force's Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program satellites, depicted here, serve a neighborhood watch function in geosynchronous orbit. (U.S. Air Force) The Space Force is ...

Seventy years after entering service, the B-52 Stratofortress is being rebuilt for a new era. The upcoming B-52J variant will ...

Hypersonic aircraft promise to compress distance and time in ways that make even the fastest supersonic jets look dated, yet ...

HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass. – The Enterprise IT-as-a-Service Integrated Program Office, headquartered here, has reached several major milestones in its effort to migrate users to commercial IT ...

The Space Force has been working closely with private investment firms to get a leg up on emerging technologies. The result is a “pool” of companies with products the service wants, a senior defense ...