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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....
A-10 Warthogs Have Refueled From A Contractor's KC-135 Tanker
THE WARZONE via Yahoo News· 5 months agoMetrea Aerospace became the first to use a private-owned tanker to refuel U.S. aircraft tactical...
“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...
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...
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...
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...
Selfridge to get new state-of-the-art refueling tankers, ensuring base's future
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 5 months agoU.S. Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., told the Free Press on Thursday that Selfridge Air National Guard...
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...
The Air Force still flies Boeing's first jet
WE ARE THE MIGHTY via Yahoo News· 12 months ago(U.S. Air Force) Boeing did not make the first jetliner. However, it does have the longest jetliner legacy with its massive 777 and cutting-edge 787...