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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...
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    United States Air Force (USAF) as the winner in the KC-X tanker competition to replace older Boeing KC-135 Stratotankers. The first aircraft was delivered...
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    August 1956, the C-135 and its variants have been a fixture of the United States Air Force. It was developed from the Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker. In the...
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    Stratofreighter. It replaced the KB-29 and was succeeded by the Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker. The KC-97 Stratofreighter was an aerial refueling tanker variant...
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    The Boeing NC-135 and NKC-135 are special versions of the Boeing C-135 Stratolifter and Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker modified to operate on several different...
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    aviation. It served as basis for the design of the KC-135 tanker and the 707 airliner. The Boeing 367-80 first flew in 1954, less than two years from...
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    next-generation aerial refueling tanker aircraft to replace some of their older Boeing KC-135 Stratotankers. The contest was for a production contract for 179 new...
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    The Boeing KC-767 is a military aerial refueling tanker and transport aircraft developed from the Boeing 767-200ER. The tanker received the designation...
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    Clipper Boeing KC-46 Pegasus Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter Boeing KC-97 Stratofreighter Boeing C-127 Boeing C-135 Stratolifter Boeing EC-135 Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker...
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  • replacing the aging Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker tankers currently in service. However, the contest was reopened in July 2008, after Boeing's protest of the...
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    The WC-135 Constant Phoenix is a special-purpose aircraft derived from the Boeing C-135 Stratolifter and used by the United States Air Force. Its mission...
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    The Boeing EC-135 is a retired family of command and control aircraft derived from the Boeing C-135 Stratolifter. During the Cold War, the EC-135 was...
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    modified Boeing 707 aircraft, not the military-only KC-135. The E-6B provides the National Command Authority with the same capability as the EC-135 fleet...
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    C-135 Stratolifter airframe, various types of RC-135s have been in service since 1961. Unlike the C-135 and KC-135 which are recognized by Boeing as...
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    smaller Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker under the USAF's KC-X program. Boeing officials have described the KC-777 as suitable for the related KC-Z program...
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  • Thumbnail for 1965 USAF KC-135 Wichita crash
    On 16 January 1965, a U.S. Air Force Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker crashed in the central United States, in a neighborhood in north-eastern Wichita, Kansas...
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    Airbus A330 MRTT (redirect from KC-30)
    EADS/Northrop Grumman KC-45 Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker McDonnell Douglas KC-10 Extender Boeing KC-46 Pegasus...
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    portal Aircraft in fiction, Boeing 707 Related development Boeing 367-80 Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker Boeing 720 Boeing 727 Boeing 737 Aircraft of comparable...
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    New Dawn). During the Vietnam War, doubts began to form regarding the Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker fleet's ability to meet the needs of the United States'...
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  • Thumbnail for Westover Air Force Base KC-135 crash
    On June 27, 1958, a Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker attempting to break a world speed record crashed shortly after takeoff from Westover Air Force Base, killing...
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    KC-10 Extenders and Boeing KC-135 Stratotankers. The Boeing KC-46 Pegasus is currently being deployed for use in refueling. The KC-10 station is in a rear-facing...
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  • Thumbnail for Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter
    were built as KC-97 Stratofreighters for inflight refueling. The KC-97 began to be phased out with the introduction of the Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker in...
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    Stratofortress Boeing C-18 Boeing C-135 series EC-135 KC-135D/E Stratotanker (re-engined from retired donor airliners) OC-135B Open Skies RC-135 WC-135 Boeing CC-137...
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    26000 VC-137C SAM 27000 Boeing 707 Boeing C-135 Stratolifter Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker Boeing CC-137 Boeing E-3 Sentry Boeing E-6 Mercury Northrop Grumman...
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  • Air Force (USAF), won and was preferred over the Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker. Since the competing Boeing aircraft was ready to fly first, examples were ordered...
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    like the Navy's Boeing P-8 Poseidon aircraft, reliant upon specific U.S. Air Force aircraft (KC-135 Stratotanker, KC-10 Extender, and KC-46 Pegasus) for...
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    Yukons and Canadair CC-109 Cosmopolitan transports. Initially, the Boeing KC-135 was being considered because the versatile design could also fulfill...
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    types to have served the USAF for over 50 years, along with the Boeing B-52, Boeing KC-135, Lockheed C-130 and Lockheed C-5. The newest models (TR-1, U-2R...
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    in the same flight, such as the KC-10, MPRS KC-135, or Airbus A330 MRTT. The development of the KC-97 and Boeing KC-135 Stratotankers was pushed by the...
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    Bozkurt, Asena and Ergenekon was resurgent. The Turkish Air Force's Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker tanker squadron is nicknamed ''Asena''. Leader of the Turkish...
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