The U.S. Air Force's first jet-powered refueling tanker, the KC-135, entered service in 1957 and had been involved in more ...

The Air Force must upgrade its KC-135 tankers to give aircrews more battlespace awareness, say former air-mobility leaders ...

Sen. Lankford: All 6 crewmembers killed in KC-135 crash over Iraq trained at Altus Air Force Base ...

Six U.S. service members have been killed when their refueling aircraft "went down" in friendly airspace in western Iraq, ...

The U.S. Department of War has identified the six Air Force airmen who were killed when a KC-135 refueling aircraft crashed ...

Central Command is working to identify the victims in the aircraft crash ...

The 6th Air Refueling Wing at MacDill Air Force Base is home to the KC-135 Stratotanker, a refueling plane that has helped ...

This week's mid-air crash between two Air Force jets that killed six flight crew members​ over Iraq is hitting close to home ...