Every time a B-52 Stratofortress thunders toward a target thousands of miles from the nearest friendly airfield, or a B-2 Spirit ghost crosses an ocean without a trace, something vital made that ...

Few aircraft in history have contributed as profoundly to American military power — and remained as invisible to the public eye — as the KC-135 Stratotanker. While fighters and bombers grab headlines, ...

After a lifetime of ups and downs – 34,700 ups and downs to be exact – NASA’s last KC-135 aircraft, the “Weightless Wonder V,” will be retired Oct. 29. The aircraft, the last operational KC-135A in ...

absence of gravity aboard NASA’s KC-135A aircraft near Johnson Space Center in Houston. NASA’s 2002 Reduced Gravity Student Flight Opportunities Program is funded by the space agency. The program ...