The external drop tanks that are so integral to an aircraft carrier's power projection ... will eliminate the employment of external fuel tanks" which are "an essential element" to combat ops.

Aircraft fuel tank component system vendors are designing a new generation of equipment in which weight savings, fewer parts, simpler design and less intensive maintenance appear to be the coming ...

No information was immediately available about why the fuel tank was dropped from the aircraft. The incident is under investigation.

With ongoing research into liquid hydrogen as a sustainable aviation fuel for a zero-emission future, fuel tank design would have to undergo considerable changes. “This will be quite a different ...

Precision fuel system maintenance ensures mission readiness, safety, and efficiency for the US Air Force's fleet of aircraft.

Two years after the upgrades were announced, we might have gotten, earlier in 2024, the first glimpse of the new stealthy external fuel tanks being developed for the F-22 Raptor. The aircraft was, in ...

A 300-gallon fuel tank fell from an aircraft on Tuesday and landed in a Florida neighborhood, the Eglin Air Force Base announced on X. It happened around 11 a.m., the base said. The fuel tank ...

The “J” is a primary aerial refuelling aircraft for Marine fixed ... operations.The KC-130J offers a 57,500-pound fuel offload capacity using wing and external tanks while in the air.

EGLIN AFB, Fla. (WFLA)— A 300-gallon fuel tank dropped from an aircraft and landed in a Florida neighborhood on Tuesday. According to the Eglin Air Force Base, the fuel tank came from a 96th ...