Flight testing of an autonomous KC-135 Stratotanker may begin next year. Boston’s Merlin Labs, Inc. and the U.S. Air Force’s ...

This marks the first publicly acknowledged instance of a U.S. Air Force KC-135 tanker refueling a Russian-made Su-30MKM ...

As a space buff, I knew the KC-135 was used to train astronauts for weightlessness. But its main mission is USAF aircraft ...

This joint USAF and Merlin project will evaluate the viability of scaling the AI copilot to large transport aircraft, ...

In an extreme demonstration of US Air Force interoperability, a US aerial refueler refuels Russian-built fighter planes.

The USAF has approved Merlin’s AI-driven pilot for testing on the KC-135 Stratotanker with flight trials slated for 2025.

The American KC-135 Stratotanker refueled Russian Su-30MKM fighters in the air for the first time publicly. These actions ...

Forest Staggs (Right), 384th Aerial Refueling Squadron KC-135 Stratotanker pilots, operate a KC-135, assigned to the 92nd ...

Merlin, the leading developer of safe, autonomous flight technology for fixed-wing aircraft, today announced that its ...

The KC-135 legacy continues as the aircraft adapts ... Tim Beckham of the 355th Fighter Wing Public Affairs Office eloquently reported at the time: "The aircraft, which served the Air Force ...

At McConnell AFB in Wichita, Kansas, maintenance of KC-135 and KC-46 refueling aircraft is taken very seriously. Meet the two ...

The KC-135 heritage jet will remain in service with its WWII-inspired paint scheme until 2025. The Nebraska Air National Guard’s 155th Air Refueling Wing (ARW) unveiled a historic KC-135R ...