Throughout aviation history, plane crashes associated with Wichita have been rare. In fact, Wednesday’s crash of a American ...

As an epilogue, Omega Air continues to refuel US aircraft with ex-Japan Airlines and Dutch KC-10 even after the Air Force ...

Boeing delivered a total of 25 fighter jets along with tankers, martime patrol aircraft, and military helicopters.

Four turbofans, mounted under 35-degree swept wings, power the KC-135 to takeoffs at gross weights of up to 322,500 pounds. A cargo deck above the refueling system can hold a mixed load of ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — Today marks the 60th anniversary of the 1965 crash of the KC-135 Stratotanker in the Piatt neighborhood in north Wichita. Just before 9:30 a.m., a Boeing KC-135A-BN ...

Boeing has delivered 89 KC-46s to the Air Force ... though the service could buy more as an interim solution as it retires the KC-135. The KC-46 is taking on an increasingly important role in ...

On January 16, 1965, a Boeing KC-135 fuel tanker took off from McConnell Air Force Base and crashed a few blocks west of Wichita State University. It’s considered the worst ...

58 total The Boeing-built KC-46 tanker is a military version of the 767 commercial aircraft. It is intended to replace the oldest of the U.S. Air Force’s KC-135 Stratotanker fleet -- some of ...