There are four primary types of tankers today: the KC-135 Stratotanker, the KC-46A Pegasus, the Airbus A330 MRTT, and a few legacy Il-78s in service with some countries. Additionally, there is the ...

The Boeing 767's rise as the United States Air Force’s primary tanker is one of the hardest-fought comebacks in modern aviation. By December 2025, the USAF had accepted 100 KC-46 Pegasus aircraft into ...

Military aviation relies on tankers, but most of the fleet is over 60 years old, and the replacement is riddled with ...

Perhaps it was inevitable. After ten years of contentious wrangling and with tens of billions of dollars going to the winner of the competition to build the U.S. Air Force’s next fleet of tankers, no ...

Boeing 767 AWACS/Tanker Marketing of the 767 AWACS, also known as the E-767, began in 1991 as a follow-on to the 707 AWACS. The E-767 has two GE CF6-80C2 turbofan engines rated at 61,500 lb. thrust, ...

The Brazilian government has selected Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) to convert two Boeing 767-300ERs into multi-role tanker transports for the country’s air arm. Brazilian air force (FAB) ...

Israel Aerospace Industries’ Bedek unit has made flight trials with a modified Boeing 767 tanker for the Colombian air force … Israel Aerospace Industries’ Bedek unit has conducted a successful series ...

CHICAGO -- Boeing Co. said Friday it is reducing efforts to convert its 767 planes for use as Air Force refueling tankers as a result of government reviews into the controversial program -- a move ...

WASHINGTON, Aug 6 (Reuters) - The Pentagon reopened a $35 billion refueling aircraft competition between Boeing Co and Northrop Grumman Corp on Wednesday, with changes that Boeing supporters feared ...