The U.S. Air Force has signed off on a plan to put AI in the left seat of its KC-135 tanker fleet to evaluate viability.

During midair refueling, the Thunderbirds F-16 pilots are so close to the KC-135 tanker that their helmets are easily visible, November 4, 2024. When the first Thunderbird arrived, its pilot ...

co-pilot and boom operator) The mainstay of the U.S. Air Force’s strategic aerial refueling fleet, the KC-135 Stratotanker is a military version of the 1950s-era 707 commercial passenger jet.

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the U-2 spy plane (affectionately known to her pilots as "The Dragon Lady."), the P-3 Orion, and last but not least, the Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker. Alas, fast-forward to the present day of May ...

The airworthiness plan acceptance comes on the heels of Merlin’s recently announced collaboration with Air Mobility Command ...

This joint USAF and Merlin project will evaluate the viability of scaling the AI copilot to large transport aircraft, ...

Last summer as part of Project Magellan, the Air Force flew a KC-46 around the world. It was in the air for a record 45 hours ...

The US Air Force (USAF) has given the green light to Merlin’s airworthiness plan for testing its autonomous flight system, ...

Col Ryan Garlow (left) and Maj Michael Hansen (right) will fly a KC-135 aircraft during the D-Day anniversary A pilot has spoken of his pride in honouring his squadron's predecessors that were a ...

The pilots — Capt. Joshua Maury and Lt ... asked the boom operator on the KC-135 tanker. The crew couldn’t hear. Their radios were dead, too. The sudden electrical failure quickly turned ...