This photo provided by the U.S. Department of Defense shows a North American Aerospace Defense Command F-16 fighter refueling from a KC-135 Stratotanker over western Alaska on Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026.
The move is a rare use of the probe-and-drogue method for in-flight refuelling by the US Air Force, which typically conducts such missions via a fuel transfer boom. The US Air Force (USAF) has ...