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Metrea awarded Indian Air Force air-to-air refuelling contract

2nd April 2025

On March 31, an air-to-air refuelling contract was awarded to the American company Metrea, by the Indian Air Force (IAF).

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Metrea Stratotanker in Germany

19th March 2025

During March 2025 a commercially-operated KC-135R Stratotanker deployed to Germany to provide tanker support to Luftwaffe combat aircraft.

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Metrea acquires French air force Stratotanker fleet

17th July 2024

Metrea has completed the acquisition of the French Air and Space Force’s (FASF) KC-/C-135 aerial refuelling fleet.

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First visit of a KC-135 to the Mach Loop

10th May 2024

A US Air Force 100th Air Refueling Wing KC-135 Stratotanker undertook a low-level training sortie yesterday evening (May 9, 2024), which for the first time included the Mach Loop in Wales.

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Arizona ANG’s snakelike KC-135R

15th April 2024

USAF-operated KC-135R Stratotanker (59-1469) assigned to the Arizona ANG’s 161st Air Refueling Wing (ARW) ‘Copperheads’ at Goldwater ANGB – which is co-located at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix, Arizona – now sports a special ‘Copperhead Snake’ livery.

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KC-135T marks 100 years of 116th ARS with heritage scheme

16th February 2024

The 116th Air Refueling Squadron (ARS) ‘Ace of Spades’ – a part of the Washington ANG’s 141st Air Refueling Wing (ARW) at Fairchild AFB – has applied a new heritage scheme to one of its KC-135T Stratotankers to commemorate the squadron’s 100th anniversary

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USAF selects Selfridge ANGB as next KC-46A Pegasus base

25th January 2024

The US Department of the Air Force announced on January 12 that it has selected Selfridge Air National Guard Base (ANGB) in Michigan as its preferred location to host the next KC-46A Pegasus tanker unit, with the base expected to welcome its first aircraft in 2029

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Beale AFB showcases joint airpower capabilities in Elephant Walk

24th January 2024

A number of USAF-operated aircraft that are home-based at Beale AFB carried out an elephant walk on January 4 to demonstrate the California base’s joint airpower capabilities

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EXCLUSIVE: USAF’s 100th ARW KC-135 low-level flying training plans revealed

21st December 2023

The KC-135 Stratotankers of US Air Force’s 100th Air Refueling Wing (100th ARW) at RAF Mildenhall are to regularly conduct low-level flying training.

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EXCLUSIVA: revelados los planes de entrenamiento a bajo nivel del 100º ARW KC-135 de la USAF

21st December 2023

Los aviones KC-135 Stratotanker de la 100ª Ala de Reabastecimiento Aéreo (100th ARW) de las Fuerzas Aéreas de EE.UU. en la RAF Mildenhall van a realizar regularmente entrenamientos de vuelo a baja altura.

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Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst bids farewell to final Stratotanker

18th October 2023

The 141st Air Refueling Squadron – a component of the New Jersey Air National Guard’s 108th Wing at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst – bid farewell to its last KC-135R Stratotanker on September 20

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La Base Conjunta McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst despide al último Stratotanker

18th October 2023

El 141º Escuadrón de Reabastecimiento Aéreo (ARS), componente del 108º Ala de la Guardia Nacional Aérea de Nueva Jersey (ANG) en la Base Conjunta McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, se despidió de su último KC-135R Stratotanker el 20 de septiembre.

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El mal tiempo obliga a los aviones cisterna de la USAF a desalojar la base McConnell

18th May 2023

El 22º Ala de Reabastecimiento Aéreo (ARW) de la USAF en McConnell AFB, Kansas, se vio obligada a reubicar su flota de aviones cisterna -que comprende varios aviones de reabastecimiento aéreo KC-46A Pegasus y KC-135R/T Stratotanker- fuera del estado el 11 de mayo debido a un sistema meteorológico severo que estaba programado para golpear su base de origen más tarde ese mismo día.

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Severe weather forces USAF tankers to vacate McConnell AFB

18th May 2023

The USAF’s 22nd ARW at McConnell AFB, Kansas, was forced to relocate its tanker fleet – which comprises a number of KC-46A Pegasus and KC-135R/T Stratotanker aerial refuelling aircraft – out of state on May 11 due to a severe weather system that was scheduled to strike their home base later that day

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USAF to expand Australian base for B-52s

7th November 2022

The US plans to create facilities to base six B-52s in Australia in a move that experts say is linked to increased tensions with China over Taiwan

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