A Flying Fuel Station for Stealth Fighters. The NGAS wouldn't replace traditional tanker aircraft such as the Boeing KC-46 Pegasus or Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker – which are likely to remain the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 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.

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 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 ...

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.

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 ...