Poland has deployed F-16 fighter jets in response to the ongoing Russian missile strike on Ukraine. A USAF KC-135 tanker stationed at Royal Air Force Base Mildenhall is positioned near Lublin, Poland.

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U.S. Air Force plans have called for moving four more KC-135 tankers by the end of September to Eielson AFB, Alaska under the 168th Wing, and a service ...

Based on the Boeing 707, the KC-135 is considered by many to be one of the most impressive jets ever designed. Revolutionizing mid-air refueling as the first-ever jet engine-powered tanker ...

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and the existing fleet of KC-135 Stratotankers are being held together by a spit-and-polish. If, as the Pentagon fears, the problems with the new KC-46 Pegasus fleet are systemic, the Air Force ...

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such as the Boeing KC-46 and KC-135. Instead of fielding large, stealthy tankers costing hundreds of millions each to operate in contested airspace, the Air Force can focus on disrupting an enemy ...