Omega Air Refueling Services

Omega Air Refueling Services, Inc., also called OARS or Omega, provides contracted in-flight refueling. The company is based in Alexandria, Virginia, USA. It refuels military aircraft using its own tanker aircraft and offers its services to U.S. and allied forces around the world.

Since 2000, the company says it has flown more than 10,500 missions and delivered 370,000,000 lbs of fuel. The site lists 65 or more aircraft pairings and a 96% mission completion rate. It says it has delivered more fuel and flown more missions than any other carrier in the world.

The company's history began in the 1980s, when the owners of Omega Air, brothers Ulick and Desmond McEvaddy, saw a need for commercial air-to-air refueling. In 1999 the company worked with BAE Systems and TRACOR to convert a former Pan Am Boeing 707-300 into a tanker. The site says this was the world's first commercial air refueling tanker.

The site says the Omega 707 began U.S. Navy certification testing in 2000. It was certified to refuel every type of tactical aircraft in the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps inventory.

Omega's customers include the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps, the U.S. Air Force and Air National Guard, foreign militaries through foreign military sales, and Joint Special Operations Command. The site lists probe and drogue and boom tanker support. It also lists pre-mission planning and simulators.

The company is led by former Navy, Marine Corps and Air Force officers and civilians. Its aircrew includes experienced military pilots, including many former Air Force aerial refueling tanker pilots. The main office is at 700 N Fairfax Street, Suite 306, Alexandria, VA 22314, and the main office phone is (703) 549-4774. The site has a Request Services option, careers and press release pages, and links to Facebook, LinkedIn, X and Instagram.