In a service where women were not permitted to fly in combat until 1993, adapting to a growing female population has been ...

1,500 miles Crew: Three (pilot, co-pilot and boom operator) The mainstay of the U.S. Air Force’s strategic aerial refueling fleet, the KC-135 Stratotanker is a military version of the 1950s ...

including a crew member jettisoning a door and a drag chute from an F-105 Thunderchief accidentally being left on the runway being blown into the KC-135 just before takeoff by a B-52 ...

All seven crew members were killed. Photos showing some of the aftermath of the Jan. 16, 1965 crash of a KC-135 Stratotanker shortly after it took off from McConnell Air Force Base (Courtesy USAF ...