U.S. Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Chris Knaute, a deployed air refueling squadron commander, prepares to unload cargo from a KC-135 Stratotanker assigned to Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, after ...
Marlo Fleck might be the world’s most highly trained gas station attendant. That’s how Fleck, a 37-year-old U.S Air Force Reserve major, jokingly describes her job flying Boeing KC-135 Stratotankers ...
CLIP:36 :33;17-:33;23 "OLD DEPENDABLE FRIEND. ALWAYS THERE. ALWAYS READY. ALWAYS CAPABLE. AND WE ARE GOING TO MISS HER." THE KC-135 HAS CALLED PEASE AIR NATIONAL GUARD HOME FOR DECADE MASTER SERGEANT ...
The Boeing KC-135, nicknamed Stratotanker is an aerial refueling aircraft that has been in continuous service with the USAF for over 60 years with over 800 examples of the C-135 series built. The ...
One of the most important capabilities of modern-day military airplanes (and helicopters) is aerial refueling. The first such mission was conducted all the way back during the Korean War, when, forced ...
The US Air Force’s newest aerial tanker, the Boeing KC-46 Pegasus, has encountered a roadblock with the congressional oversight that approves budgets and procurement. The projected procurement in 2026 ...