Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Business Insider recently interviewed a US Air Force boom operator at a base in England. The boom operator is responsible for ...

Military aircraft don't have time to land and refuel on sensitive missions. That's where aerial refueling tankers come in.

Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Floyd W. Atkins, a 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron boom operator, has reached 8,000 refueling hours in his career, a rare feat for a boom operator. "The ...

Fuel is the literal lifeblood of all military aircraft. Missions in contemporary times often demand that a crew take off in one part of the world, fly to a location on the complete opposite side of ...

Thousands of feet up and racing across the sky at hundreds of miles per hour, US Air Force tankers close to within just 12 feet of fighter jets to refuel them in flight, sometimes as little as 8 feet, ...

The boom is how a tanker gives fuel to a receiving aircraft.US Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Gary Hilton Business Insider recently interviewed a US Air Force boom operator at a base in England. The ...

Business Insider recently interviewed a US Air Force boom operator at a base in England. The boom operator is responsible for setting up the midair refueling for a receiving aircraft. They shared how ...