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JetZero Pitches Blended Wing Body Tanker as ‘Game-Changer’

May 10, 2025 | By David Roza
The KC-Z4, a blended wing body tanker concept being developed by startup JetZero, could fuel larger groups of aircraft at longer range to hold more targets at risk, company officials say.

‘A Chunk Taken Out of His Spine’: F-16, KC-46 in Refueling Incident over Europe

June 28, 2024 | By Chris Gordon
A U.S. Air Force F-16 fighter and a KC-46 Pegasus tanker were involved in an aerial refueling incident off the coast of the Netherlands on June 27, service officials told Air & Space Forces Magazine.

New KC-46 Wing Pods Being Tested to Enable Two Aircraft to Refuel at Once

April 8, 2024 | By Greg Hadley
After years of fits and starts, the KC-46's Wing Aerial Refueling Pods started operational testing last month out of McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., giving the Pegasus the ability to refuel two aircraft at the same time. McConnell is the first operational base to get the ...

Large-Scale Tanker Flyovers Celebrate 100th Anniversary of First Air Refueling

June 27, 2023 | By Chris Gordon
On the 100th anniversary of the first aerial refueling mission, the Air Force sought to highlight the behind-the-scenes efforts of some of its most essential planes with Operation Centennial Contact. More than 150 tankers from 26 installations were involved in large-scale flyovers across the country.
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