The RAF bought three RC-135s back in 2010 in order to replace Nimrod surveillance planes. L3Harris took three USAF KC-135R tankers, removed the refueling gear and installed the ELINT systems. The ...

P utting young, inexperienced pilots into a 50-year-old Air Force plane seems like a risky idea. Even riskier? Getting rid of crew’s parachutes to save money. But that’s what the Air Force did ...

TBRC is your source for in-depth reviews on how model aircraft fly, what to expect when buying a new aircraft, and tutorials on how to fly RC planes. Originally a team of two brothers-in-law, we're no ...

The U.S. military started using the RC-26 Condor in 1989. Originally introduced as a counter-drug surveillance aircraft, the RC-26 Condor held a civilian classification as the C-26B.

A pair of nearly 50-year-old planes has been brought out of retirement to fight ISIS. The Vietnam-era OV-10 Bronco turbo-propeller planes are part of an experiment to see if “light turbo-prop ...

The KC-46 is expected to be declared fully operational by September 2018, and plans call for the Air Force to purchase 179 of the new planes by 2027. Right now, the Air Force has 396 KC-135s and ...

The Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome in New York’s Hudson Valley boasts around 60 vintage biplanes, taking you 100 years back to a time when airplanes were made of wood and fabric held together by a bit ...

Once upon a time, RC planes were expensive models that took months to build and big money to equip with electronics. Since the 20th century though, powerful batteries have become cheap, as have ser… ...

BENGALURU: Fourteen-year-old Kiran Ravindra Patil is being touted as a promising young scientist since he released his book RC World: A Journey to Remote Control Planes Edition I at inter-school ...