The tanker qualification partnership paves the way for an extended reach and enhanced interoperability for allied airpower, says the U.S. Navy. The U.S.

The Lockheed Martin KC-130T is the US Navy and US Marines’ variant of the venerable C-130 Hercules. Its mission is aerial refueling (AR) for combat aircraft like jets and helicopters as well as ...

“I don’t know that I see the clear military advantage of refueling,” Lt. Gen. Shawn Bratton, the Space Force’s deputy chief ...

and the redesigned lighting assembly will not be considered by the Air Refueling Certification Agency and could be incorporated into a revised flight clearance for the Navy and Marine Corps by ...

A KC-130T equipped with NP2000 in a air-to-air refueling test flight. [Courtesy: U.S. Navy] U.S. Navy Reserve KC-130T Hercules tankers upgraded with a new eight-blade composite propeller system ...

On May 4, 2025, during the Friendship Day event held at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Iwakuni, the U.S. Navy publicly ...

Though relatively new for the U.S. Air Force, the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps have contracted the use of Omega Air Refueling aircraft since 2001. As most of their aircraft are refueled using the ...

The crews practiced one of the most complicated elements - refueling in the air. Crews of Sukhoi-30SM planes of Russia’s naval aviation carried out routine flights over the Mediterranean," the ...

the Navy said that the MQ-25 would relieve the Navy F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet fighters of having to conduct air-to-air refueling missions for carrier air wings, allowing the Super Hornet fighters to ...

One crewmember, known as the boom operator, is stationed in the rear of the plane and controls the boom during in-flight air refueling. A special shuttlecock-shaped drogue attached to and trailing ...

Boeing has delivered the first MQ-25 Stingray unmanned refueling drone to the U.S ... extend the range and capability of the [U.S. Navy’s] air wing.” In November 2021, the U.S. Navy and ...