Calls for a specific squawk code to be designated for gliders have emerged after a USAF KC-135 Stratotanker came within 15 metres of colliding with a glider over Eastern England. On Apr. 8, 2025, a KC ...

The aviation term “squawk,” used by air traffic controllers to instruct pilots to set a transponder code, traces its origins to World War II. It emerged from Allied Identification Friend or Foe ...

A U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker has disappeared from radar. An emergency was declared after squawk code 7700 was ...