Boeing’s KC-135 Stratotanker aerial refueling aircraft celebrated its 70th anniversary on August 31, 1956, after its first flight. Seventy years ago, the KC-135 Stratotanker became the U.S. Air Force’s first jet-powered aerial refueling aircraft. In service, it replaced the Boeing KC-97 Stratofreighter, allowing U.S. strategic bombers to […]
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Boeing’s KC-135 Stratotanker aerial refueling aircraft celebrated its 70th anniversary on August 31, 1956, after its first flight. Seventy years ago, the KC-135 Stratotanker became the U.S. Air Force’s first jet-powered aerial refueling aircraft. In service, it replaced the Boeing KC-97 Stratofreighter, allowing U.S. strategic bombers to […]
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