For many 747-400 freighters, the cost of a major engine overhaul can exceed the market value of the airframe itself.

Social media videos claim Israel destroyed Iran’s last KC-747 tanker during a strike on Tehran’s Mehrabad Airport. The exact aircraft seen in the viral footage remains unconfirmed, and neither Iran ...

Following the crash of a US Boeing KC-135 “Stratotanker” refueling jet in Iraq on Thursday (March ...

On February 24, 1989, United Airlines Flight 811 suffered a violent decompression when a cargo door failure tore a massive hole in the side of a Boeing 747 over the Pacific. With oxygen systems ...

A US F/A-18F Super Hornet being refuelled. A KC-135 Stratotanker has crashed in Iraq An American refuelling plane has crashed in Iraq, US Central Command has announced. A rescue mission is under way ...

Iran has threatened for the first time to attack civilian infrastructure in a neighboring country, urging people to evacuate ...

The flotilla of Navy ships with Marines and their vehicles packed aboard will bring a very flexible set of capabilities to Operation Epic Fury.

On September 23, 1999, Qantas Flight 1 hit extreme rain on final into Bangkok and touched down fast and long with little runway left to spare. A late go-around attempt was cancelled without a clear ...

A member of the National Transportation Safety Board says he has been fired without explanation by the Trump administration.

The deceased include three airmen from MacDill AFB and three from Ohio Air National Guard’s 121st Wing.

The crash was not caused by hostile or friendly fire, U.S. Central Command said. All six crew members died, it said, bringing ...

The crash brings the number of U.S. service personnel killed since the Iran war began Feb. 28 to 12. A 13th died of a medical issue.