Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker
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The Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker is an American military aerial refueling tanker aircraft that was developed from the Boeing 367-80 prototype, alongside the Boeing 707 airliner. It has a narrower fusela
A KC-135R (above) refuels an F-15C Eagle (below)
A KC-135A refueling a B-52D during the Cold War: Both aircraft types were operated by the Strategic Air Command.
In November 1957, Air Force Vice Chief of Staff General Curtis LeMay tested the first KC-135 on a long-haul flight from Westover Air Force Base, Massachusetts, to Buenos Aires, Argentina.
A nose-on view of several re-engined KC-135R aircraft taxiing prior to takeoff: The new engines are CFM56-2 high-bypass turbofans.
McConnell Air Force Base
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McConnell Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located four miles southeast of the central business district of Wichita, a city in Sedgwick County, Kansas, United States. The airbase was n
Several KC-135R Stratotankers on the apron at McConnell AFB during 2013.
Kansas Aviation Museum, formerly Wichita Municipal Airport from 1935 to 1951
Boeing-Wichita B-29 Assembly Line – 1944
B-47A pilots training at Wichita's McConnell AFB in 1955. The planes were built across the runway at Boeing.