The Air Force has expanded its reach in the Pacific by refueling an airborne strategic bomber and a special operations aircraft from a commercial tanker for the first time.
The Air Force refueled airborne fighters from a commercial tanker for the first time during an exercise last month in Singapore, proving another means of extending the service’s combat airpower.
The long-established private aerial refueling services company completed the first aerial refueling of USAF fighters in a potentially precedent-setting exercise.