The Washington-based commercial aerial refueling company says that purchasing 14 KC-135 tankers will help offer more air-to-air refueling (AAR) for military training and operations, primarily in ...
The mainstay of the U.S. Air Force’s strategic aerial refueling fleet, the KC-135 Stratotanker is a military version of the 1950s-era 707 commercial passenger jet. The Air Force inventory of 732 ...
It is intended to replace the oldest of the U.S. Air Force’s KC-135 Stratotanker ... and wing refueling pods during refueling operations. This new tanker utilizes an advanced KC-10 boom, a ...
Noteworthy, the U.S. Air Force has a KC-135 Demonstration Team ... out compared to previous USAF tankers is the absence of a rear-facing window for the refueling boom operator, replaced by a ...