The need for a stealth tanker is justifiable considering the composition of the US and allied air forces, but with nothing like it ever being made before, the program cost would b ...

The KC-Z aims to support stealth aircraft such as the F-35, with anticipated readiness in the 2030s to 2040s. ... KC-Z: The Stealth Air Tanker of the Future .

However, the concept of a stealth tanker is not as absurd you’d think for one simple reason: the Pentagon’s F-35 and F-22 stealth fighters, which it has made the lynchpin of its twenty-first ...

The mission to Iran this weekend was the second-longest B-2 bomber flight. Here's what the longest was like, according to the pilots who flew it.

However, tanker aircraft are routinely called upon to do double duty as cargo jets, so a stealth tanker may still need to have a bulged cargo compartment and bay door to serve as a fully capable ...

The new notional concept of a stealth tanker comes as the U.S. Air Force prepares for an analysis of alternatives for the Next Generation Air-Refueling ... as the render shows an unmanned aircraft.

The KC-46 is a tanker based on the Boeing 767 jetliner, and as such is not a stealthy aircraft. Tankers tend to operate fairly far behind friend lines, so until now stealth hasn’t been a must-have.

The U.S. Air Force of the 2040s will fly a stealthy tanker capable of refueling fighters and bombers closer to the front line than ever before. The service is seeking new industry concepts for the ...

The Air Force also believes a new tanker aircraft is necessary. As far back as 2002, research began on stealthy mobility aircraft under the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Speed Agile program.

On board an old KC-10, the glitches of an aging tanker were on full display. Here's how these aircraft work—and how the fleet is changing.

The Boeing KC-46A Pegasus air tanker refuelled a Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II for the first time over California. The tanker connected to the fighter aircraft with its refuelling boom on 22 ...

Before strapping into the cockpit of the U.S. Air Force's B-2 Spirit stealth bomber for missions that can stretch beyond 40 hours, pilots undergo weeks of preparation that focuses not only on flight ...