France Retires Final KC-135RG Tankers, Ushers in A330 MRTT

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Last December, the French Air and Space Force [AAE] probably jumped the gun a bit when it announced, via the social network X, the last mission, under its colors, of the KC-135RG [identified as a C-135FR in the photo illustrating its message]. Unless it was its final appearance... This article The KC-135RG refueling aircraft bids farewell to the French Air and Space Force appeared first on Zone Militaire.

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This Monday, June 30, 2025 marks the end of a 28-year-old adventure. Indeed, it was in 1997 that France purchased from the United States a (small) batch of three Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker in order to strengthen its old C-135F bought in 1964 and transformed in the 1980s to the C-135FR standard. Now [...] This content The Air and Space Army is farewell to the Boeing KC-135RG Stratotanker. was first published on legendary aircraft.net - Encyclopa…