Thousands of feet up and racing across the sky at hundreds of miles per hour, US Air Force tankers close to within just 12 feet of fighter jets to refuel them in flight, sometimes as little as 8 feet, ...

An F-16 from Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, dropped an external tank on Tuesday, but no one on the ground was injured, an Air Force spokesperson confirmed. The incident took place about 11 a.m. and ...

Nineteen vendors have won positions on a 10-year, $2.5 billion U.S. Air Force contract to provide construction, repair and maintenance support for the Department of Defense’s petroleum, oil and ...

During a recent speech the Air Force's top enlisted leader, Chief Master Sgt. David Flosi, singled out Special Operations Senior Airman Marlene Guerrero. Flosi praised her for "kicking a**" by ...

The Department of Defense said Tuesday the indefinite-quantity/indefinite-delivery contract encompasses new construction, additions, repairs and upgrades to DOD ...

Three of the Air Force’s newest and most advanced refueling tankers sustained a combined $22 million in damage in similar airborne accidents when refueling probes became stuck in fighter jets during ...

AVIANO, Italy — A policy that would have required service members at Aviano Air Base to apply for a military-affiliated credit card to be eligible for fuel discounts was shelved just two days after ...

Six aircraft have been modified for a six-month evaluation before the microvanes, small 3D-printed devices similar to thin blades, are installed across the USAF’s C-17 fleet. Small, simple and ...

A fuel tank fell off an F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jet from Eglin Air Force Base on Tuesday, landing in a residential neighborhood just shy of an elementary school outside of the Florida military ...

The next-gen "multirole tanker," in addition to advanced refueling systems, has "defensive countermeasures" and "secure ...