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 landed ...

Transporting 9,000 gallons of jet fuel sounds like a situation that should come with a “No Smoking” sign. Yet the military does it routinely with JP-8, a kerosene-based fuel used in aircraft and ...

EGLIN AFB, Fla. (WFLA)— A 300-gallon fuel tank dropped from a 96th Test Wing F-16 aircraft in a neighborhood on Tuesday, the Eglin Air Force Base announced. According to a post on X formerly known as ...

WASHINGTON, April 13 (Reuters) - The U.S. government wants Boeing Co. to demonstrate that composite fuel tanks and wings on its 787 Dreamliner resist fire long enough to let passengers escape in an ...

EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. (WKRG) — Eglin Air Force Base officials are investigating after a fuel tank dropped from an aircraft, according to a base news release. Eglin AFB officials said a 300-gallon ...

We are taught from a very young age that aircraft generally hide fuel tanks inside their wings. That remains true, for the most part, but now that a new breed of aircraft called vertical take-off and ...

SWANTON, Ohio — An F-16 fighter jet with the 180th Fighter Wing discarded two fuel tanks during an in-flight emergency Wednesday afternoon in northern Michigan, according to a press release from the ...

NICEVILLE, Fla. (WKRG) — Eglin Air Force Base officials provided an update after a fuel tank dropped from an aircraft earlier this week. According to a news release from the base, Eglin AFB personnel ...