Miles from land and deep in enemy skies, Navy pilots perform the most precise operation in flight — refueling mid-air. As the drogue sways and the hose stretches, one mistake could mean disaster. This ...

Aerial refueling is one of the most routine operations in modern military aviation, yet it is arguably the riskiest part of any long-range flight. When a massive tanker and a fighter jet meet at ...

A JetBlue flight from the small Caribbean nation of Curaçao halted its ascent to avoid colliding with a U.S. Air Force refueling tanker on Friday, and the pilot blamed the military plane for crossing ...

The Air Force refueling tanker was flying without its location transponder activated and could not be detected by air traffic control. By Riley Mellen The pilot of a JetBlue flight reported on Friday ...