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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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    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 early...
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  • Thumbnail for Boeing KC-97 Stratofreighter
    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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    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 to the...
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    development Boeing RC-135 Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker Boeing C-135 Stratolifter Boeing C-137 Stratoliner Boeing 707 Boeing 720 Boeing 727 Boeing 737 Aircraft...
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    its oldest KC-135E Stratotankers. Most USAF KC-135s are of the updated KC-135R variant. In early 2002 the USAF began negotiations with Boeing on the lease...
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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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  • Thumbnail for Boeing WC-135 Constant Phoenix
    Bhangmeter Related development Boeing C-135 Stratolifter Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker Boeing OC-135B Open Skies Boeing RC-135 Aircraft of comparable role,...
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    |title= (help)[permanent dead link‍] Hopkins III, Robert S. (1997). Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker: More Than Just a Tanker. Leicester, England: Midland Publishing...
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    (1997). Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker: more than just a tanker. Aerofax. pp. 116–117. ISBN 978-1-85780-069-2. Strategic Air & Space Museum: EC-135: Looking...
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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Thumbnail for Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter
    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 1957...
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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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  • Thumbnail for KC-X
    aerial refueling tanker aircraft to replace some of their older Boeing KC-135 Stratotankers. The contest was for a production contract for 179 new tankers...
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    equipment Related development Boeing C-135 Stratolifter Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker Boeing WC-135 Constant Phoenix Boeing RC-135 Related lists List of active...
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    portal Strategic Air Command Related development C-135 Stratolifter KC-135 Stratotanker Boeing EC-135 WC-135 Constant Phoenix Related lists List of active...
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  • Thumbnail for Boeing C-137 Stratoliner
    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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    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' global...
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    Aviation portal Canada portal Related development Boeing 707 Boeing C-137 Stratoliner Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker Related lists List of aircraft of Canada's air...
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    tenant Air Force Reserve Command wing at Beale AFB flying the Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker, operationally gained by Air Mobility Command (AMC). Beale AFB...
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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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    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 350th Air Refueling Squadron
    Refueling Wing at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas. It operates Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft conducting air refueling missions. The squadron, was...
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  • Thumbnail for Boeing E-6 Mercury
    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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    and executes McDonnell Douglas C-17 Globemaster III, Boeing KC-46, and Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker pilot and aircrew training, providing formal school initial...
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  • Thumbnail for 384th Air Refueling Squadron
    where it is assigned to the 92d Operations Group and operates the Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft conducting air refueling missions. The first predecessor...
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    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 Cold War...
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