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 ...

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.

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

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

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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.

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 ...

Capt. Thomas Dolan, 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron pilot, inspects the multi-point refueling system on a KC-135 Stratotanker prior to take off from an undisclosed location bound for an ...

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 ...

KC-135 Pilot at the Michigan Air National Guard (USAF) I fly the KC-135 for the Michigan Air National Guard with the 171st Air Refueling Squadron at Selfridge Air National Guard Base. The KC-135 is ...