A new historic plane is set to be arriving at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force today. The KC-135R Stratotanker is set to be landing around 9:30 a.m., according to the museum’s Facebook page.
KC-135R with tiger motif. The photographs in this post were taken on Jun. 22 at McGuire Air Force Base, NJ, by Richard Porcelli. They show a special 141st Air Refueling Squadron (108th Wing, NJ ANG) ...
The U.S. Air Force Air Mobility Command has suggested their KC-135 Stratotanker fleet may serve beyond 2050 with a life extension and upgrade program. Almost 70 years after the type’s first flight, ...
It's not every day that I wake up in Milwaukee, fly over Iowa and Missouri, then touch back down at the same airport three hours later. Of course, it's not every day, either, that I'm a guest on a ...
Rockwell Collins has been selected to improve the communications capabilities of the US Air Force’s KC-135R fleet with the implementation of a Real Time Information in the Cockpit (RTIC) system, the ...
The Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) has acknowledge the critical role of its four Boeing KC-135R tankers, which exited operational service in June. The Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) ...
The Turkish Air Force has seven KC-135s (pictured) that it is looking to replace with either the KC-46A or the MRTT. (Janes/Patrick Allen) Türkiye is to decide between the Boeing KC-46A Pegasus and ...
I've flown in airplanes plenty of times, but I've never taken a quick afternoon flight to Missouri and Colorado to refuel an airplane until two days ago. I’ve flown in airplanes plenty of times, but I ...
The Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) ceased operating its four Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker aircraft in June, with the new A330 Multi-Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) taking over its roles in ...
The Turkish air force has received its first Boeing KC-135R tanker with major upgrades to its flightdeck. The ‘Block 45’ modification sees the flightdeck extensively updated with liquid crystal ...