Participating aircraft in action during the 11th China-Russia joint strategic air patrol on Saturday. ZENG JIAWEI/XINHUA The ...
The recent joint patrol by the air forces of China and Russia demonstrated the improved capabilities of the People's ...
The IRGC said the weekend US strikes violated the framework deal and warned that violating vessels would face a "crushing ...
A new promotional video for China's Y-20 large domestic transport aircraft family, released on Sunday, includes a rare ...
As the camera slowly pans across the tarmac, three members in China's Y-20 large domestic transport aircraft family - the ...
Ukraine has reported the loss of a MiG-29 fighter during a night mission in the Poltava region after the pilot safely ejected and survived Meanwhile, Russian sources claimed Geran-4 loitering ...
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Why new technology made air refueling harder

For generations, aerial refueling boom operators guided aircraft by looking directly through windows at the tanker’s tail.
Military aircraft don't have time to land and refuel on sensitive missions. That's where aerial refueling tankers come in.
The B-52 takes on 7,000 pounds of fuel per minute from KC-135 tankers. With aerial refuelling, its range is unlimited — only ...
Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense of Poland, has traveled to Madrid to meet with the ...
The United States has redeployed aerial refueling tankers to Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar, marking their first reported return since Operation Epic Fury. Satellite imagery from June 22 reportedly showed ...
Russian nuclear-capable bombers, the Tu-160, completed a 16-hour patrol over the Barents and Norwegian Seas, prompting a ...