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 ...

Depending on fuel storage configuration, the KC-135 can carry up to 83,000 pounds of cargo. Nearly all internal fuel can be pumped through the flying boom, the KC-135's primary fuel transfer method.

Almost three hours into their mission, flying at about 1,500 feet, the KC-135 crew saw a message in giant letters that the marooned sailors had written in sand. “We were toward the end of our ...

Vilven: And they're flying what we call a racetrack pattern ... He evaluates pilots who have trained on the KC-135 Stratotanker. Vilven: Before we even take off, there is anywhere from two ...

Guests also watched demonstrations of KC-135 Stratotankers taking off and displays of the air refueling operations of KC-135 and C-17 planes. Deadly US airstrike on Yemeni oil port appears to ...