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  2. Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker - Wikipedia

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    The KC-135 is similar in appearance to the 707, but has a narrower fuselage and is shorter than the 707. The KC-135 predates the 707, and is structurally quite different from the civilian airliner. Boeing gave the future KC-135 tanker the initial designation Model 717. [4] A KC-135A refueling a B-52D during the Cold War.

  3. 134th Air Refueling Wing - Wikipedia

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    The 134th ARW transitioned to the KC-135E Stratotanker and following the recommendation of the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure Commission action, transitioned to and currently operates the KC-135R Stratotanker aircraft in worldwide support of the U. S. Air Force. The unit provides aerial refueling to all types of U.S. Air Force bomber ...

  4. 121st Air Refueling Wing - Wikipedia

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    In 1965, the KC-97Gs were upgraded to KC-97Ls with addition of jet engine pods mounted to the outboard wings. 1967 saw the beginning of Operation Creek Party, a continuous rotational mission flying from Rhein Main Air Base, West Germany, providing air refueling to United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) tactical aircraft. The success of this ...

  5. The Air Force Is Dumping a Plane So Hot, It's Called 'Big Sexy'

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    With the Air Force receiving its first KC-46 Pegasus (after a litany of delays and headaches) in 2019, the plan is to eventually have a 479-plane refueling fleet filled with 300 KC-135s and 179 KC ...

  6. Aerial refueling - Wikipedia

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    A KC-135 Stratotanker refuels an F-16 Fighting Falcon using a flying boom. Aerial refueling (), or aerial refuelling (), also referred to as air refueling, in-flight refueling (IFR), air-to-air refueling (AAR), and tanking, is the process of transferring aviation fuel from one aircraft (the tanker) to another (the receiver) while both aircraft are in flight.

  7. 909th Air Refueling Squadron - Wikipedia

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    The 909th Air Refueling Squadron is part of the 18th Wing at Kadena Air Base, Japan.It operates the KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft conducting air refueling missions.. The squadron was first activated in 1942 as the 19th Reconnaissance Squadron, but was redesignated the 409th Bombardment Squadron shortly after activation.

  8. 351st Air Refueling Squadron - Wikipedia

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    The unit was reactivated at RAF Mildenhall, Suffolk, in the United Kingdom on 31 March 1992 as the 351st Air Refueling Squadron, operating the Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker. [1] The first KC-135R to arrive at Mildenhall for the 351st was 58-0100 on 19 May 1992 from Loring Air Force Base, Maine. [20] Nine KC-135Rs had arrived by September 1992. [21]

  9. 171st Air Refueling Wing - Wikipedia

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    The 171st Air Refueling Wing consists of the following units: 171st Operations Group; 146th Air Refueling Squadron (KC-135T Stratotanker) 147th Air Refueling Squadron (KC-135T Stratotanker) 258th Air Traffic Control Squadron Geographically separated unit of the 171st ARW, located at the John P. Murtha Cambria County Airport in Johnstown ...