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Uncertain Future for the U.S. Air Force Next-Gen Stealth Tanker
A new U.S. Air Force analysis recommends continuing the development of NGAD, as well as terminating the NGAS stealth tanker ...
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The Air Force's brand-new tanker is being tested with the service's biggest plane
TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – The US Air Force's newest ... boom operators must use a series of cameras that project a 3D image on a screen. These refueling experts then use that image to ...
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As jets take charge of fire-bombing missions, the 62-year-old piston-powered Tanker 60 takes its last flight over Oregon
A deep blue sky stretches overhead as a plane christened "Tanker 60" gleams in the southern Oregon sun at the Medford Air Tanker Base, a hub for aircraft fighting wildfires along the West Coast.