This exciting development means that the MAINEiacs will be able to better maintain their current refueler aircraft, while ensuring they have the flexibility to house newer-generation tankers in ...

In April, Defence signed a $541,000 contract directly with Elon Musk’s SpaceX to supply satellite internet services to refueler aircraft. Meanwhile, the Department of Infrastructure has awarded ...

Complementing these are force multipliers like the Y-20-based AWACS and the Y-20U aerial refueler, both critical to extending the PLAAF’s operational reach. The growing arsenal of long-range ...

Vigil said that training with Omega’s commercial refuelers was very similar to the training typically conducted with the Air Force’s own refueler. “The training is very similar to what we ...

An Omega KDC-10 commercial air-to-air refueler flies alongside a U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress assigned to the 49th Test and Evaluation Squadron, Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana over the ...

On Apr. 10, 2025, a C-17 from Joint Base Lewis-McChord became the first in the U.S. Air Force Air Mobility Command to take fuel from a commercially contracted KDC-10B. Omega Air Refueling, based ...

We had to get up there and get the fuel to the 5K and the HEMTT (heavy expanded mobility tactical truck) refueler so that they could continue to push to Baghdad. Once they were in Iraq ...

The Air Force is prepping for a potential showdown with China, seeking cutting-edge technology like stealthy jets and AI-powered drone wingmen. Just two months into the new presidential ...

The FASF A330 MRTT refueler’s and the E-3F Sentry’s points of origin is not confirmed, but it is likely they departed from their home stations at Istres-Le Tubé Air Base and Avord Air Base ...