Throughout aviation history, plane crashes associated with Wichita have been rare. In fact, Wednesday’s crash of a American ...

The flight that took off from Wichita, only to meet disaster in Washington, has reminded some residents of past crashes that ...

Photos showing some of the aftermath of the Jan. 16, 1965 crash of a KC-135 Stratotanker shortly after it took off from McConnell Air Force Base (Courtesy USAF 22nd Air Refueling Wing History ...

The KC-135 had just taken off from McConnell Air Force Base and could not get enough ... (USAF 22nd Air Refueling Wing History Office) Piatt plane crash (Courtesy: Wichita-Sedgwick County ...

The F-35A crashed at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska. The pilot successfully ejected. On Jan. 28, 2025, a U.S. Air Force F-35A ...

U.S. Air National Guard Col. Ronald Selvidge took command of the wing in December, shortly after 11 members of the wing were awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for their role refueling aircraft ...

Trump has named his pick for Air Force ... joined the Air Force through the Reserve Officers' Training Corps program at South Dakota State University in 1988. He served as a KC-135 Stratotanker ...

WASHINGTON -- President-elect Donald Trump has named Troy Meink, a former Air Force KC-135 tanker aircraft navigator and former deputy of the National Reconnaissance Office, as his choice to serve ...