The U.S. Presents Stealth Tanker Aircraft Concept
Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works has revealed a concept for stealthy tanker aircraft to solve the issue of survivable tankers in the future.
tanker News
Air
Air
Güler Reaffirms İncirlik Airbase’s Status
Turkish Minister of Defence Yaşar Güler has reaffirmed İncirlik Airbase’s status as a Turkish airbase for combat aircraft on CNN Türk.
Air
Defence Politics
Incirlik Becomes a Combat Base
The Ministry of Defence announced that the 10th Tanker Base Command was renamed the 10th Main Jet Base Command.
Air
Boeing’s KC-46A Won’t Be Fixed Before 2026, GAO Says
According to the Government Accountability Office’s (GAO) new report, the U.S. Air Force’s KC-46 Pegasus tanker’s flaws won’t be fixed before 2026.
Bilateral Relations
U.S. Falsified Iranian Claims
Iran State-Run News Agency IRNA has claimed that the U.S. has attempted to hijack Iranian oil by transferring it to another tanker.
Air
Bilateral Relations
Japan Receives the First KC-46A Refuelling Tanker from Boeing
The first of four KC-46A tankers have been delivered to the Japan Air Self-Defence Force, marking the program’s first delivery to a client outside the U.S.
Air
Modernisation
Ukrspetsexport to Repair Pakistani Air Force IL-78 Refuelling Aircraft
Ukrspetsexport announced that it signed a contract with the Pakistani Air Force to modernise and repair its IL-78 aerial refuelling aircraft.
Air
KC-390 Refuelled Each Other
Brazilian aerospace company Embraer completed a refuelling in the air, with two KC-390 Millennium transport aircraft for the Brazilian Air Force (Força Aérea Brasileira /FAB).
