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KC-135 Tankers To Finally Get Fuel-Saving Winglets
THE WARZONE via Yahoo News· 1 year agoKC-135 The U.S. Air Force looks set to finally add winglets to a portion of its KC-135 Stratotanker aerial refueling fleet. The service says putting...
KC-135 Tankers Being Eyed For Drone Launcher Role
THE WARZONE via Yahoo News· 9 months agoThe US Air Force's Air Mobility Command is still pushing ahead with an idea to turn its KC-135 aerial refueling tankers into drone motherships. The U.S....
Lockheed Bails On KC-135 Tanker Replacement Competition
THE WARZONE via Yahoo News· 8 months agoLockheed Martin says it no longer plans to compete for a contract to replace a portion of the Air...
“The Phantom” Is The Air Force’s Haunted KC-135 Tanker... Almost
THE WARZONE via Yahoo News· 7 months agoA U.S. Air Force KC-135 tail number 58-0109 with the nickname “Phantom 109” assigned to the Iowa Air...
KC-135 tanker autopilot now safer to use in flight, Air Force says
Air Force Times via Yahoo News· 9 months agoA new restriction bars airmen from turning on the autopilot when flying at an altitude of less than...
Boeing (BA) Wins Deal to Offer Engineering Services to KC-135
Zacks via Yahoo Finance· 2 years agoThe Boeing Company BA wins a modification contract to provide engineering sustainment services for...
KC-135 tanker jet crashes at Iowa airport; none injured
Air Force Times via Yahoo News· 8 months agoA KC-135 Stratotanker aerial refueling jet belonging to the Iowa Air National Guard crash-landed on...
Utah Jazz logo marks Utah Air National Guard aircraft
Deseret News via Yahoo News· 11 months agoUtah Jazz dancers Layla Pope and Jill Cardenas unveil Utah Jazz nose art on a KC-135 at the Utah Air...
Century Of Aerial Refueling Celebrated By Tanker Flyovers Across U.S.
THE WARZONE via Yahoo News· 12 months ago100 years aerial refueling One hundred years ago today, over California, two U.S. Army Air Service...
Hundreds of tankers, recon jets grounded in hunt for faulty tail pins
Air Force Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoWASHINGTON — The Air Force is speeding up its hunt for a faulty component on hundreds of KC-135...