The Air Force must upgrade its KC-135 tankers to give aircrews more battlespace awareness, say former air-mobility leaders who warn that more tragedies might follow a recent deadly crash. Navy Capt.

One lane of northbound 1-135 just past the eastbound K-96 ramp in Wichita has reopened after a train derailment damaged bridge columns. When the interstate will fully reopen is not yet known. This map ...

Update: The Kansas Department of Transportation reopened part of northbound I-135 in Wichita on Saturday night. KDOT said traffic on northbound I-135 is currently restricted to the inside left lane as ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - Update 8:30 p.m.: The Kansas Department of Transportation has reopened one lane of northbound I-135. Traffic will be restricted to the inside left lane as KDOT continues to ...

Six U.S. service members were killed Thursday, March 12, when a KC-135 refueling aircraft crashed in Iraq while conducting a mission in support of Operation Epic Fury. The Pentagon has released the ...

A U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker refueling tanker aircraft takes off from the Kadena Air Base airfield in Kadena Town, west of Okinawa, in 2023. (Hiro Komae/AP) An Iranian missile strike damaged ...

The Pentagon identified the six service members killed when a U.S. KC-135 refueling aircraft crashed in western Iraq on Thursday. Three of the Air Force airmen were assigned to the 6th Air Refueling ...

For more than six decades, the KC-135 Stratotanker has formed the backbone of the United States Air Force’s aerial refuelling capability, allowing fighter jets, bombers and other aircraft to remain ...

The Pentagon has identified six U.S. service members who were killed when a KC-135 refueling aircraft crashed in western Iraq during a combat mission in support of Operation Epic Fury. The incident, ...

Tucker Reals is CBSNews.com's foreign editor, based in the CBS News London bureau. He has worked for CBS News since 2006, prior to which he worked for The Associated Press in Washington, D.C., and ...

The names of six crew members killed during a collision in Iraq between two KC-135 refueling planes on March 12 were revealed by the U.S. Department of War on March 14. While the 190th Air Refueling ...

The plane has been flying since 1956. Katelyn Ferral is a politics reporter and a Report for America corps member. Contact her at [email protected]. Anyone can view a sampling of recent comments, ...