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KC-135 Crew Chief recalls when his Stratotanker low on fuel had to give 6,000 pounds of fuel to an F-4
KC-135 Stratotanker crew providing support of trans-pacific ferry missions
In February 1977, while on deployment to Andersen AFB, Guam, and the Pacific Tanker Task Force,...
USAF F-102 pilot recalls being left alone in the cockpit of a KC-135 flying from the US to Okinawa
The F-102 Delta Dagger
The F-102 Delta Dagger was designed primarily to intercept and kill hostile aircraft. It was the first operational delta-wing aircraft in...
When a KC-135 Stratotanker crew crossed Vietnam DMZ and went into a dive to refuel a flamed-out F-105 Thunderchief
The KC-135 Stratotanker
The KC-135 Stratotanker was the first offspring of the Dash 80. It was the only tanker employed by the Strategic Air Command...
A US Navy A-7 pilot recalls that during a Corsair II 5-ship TRANSPAC flight, they would refuel from USAF KC-135s every 30-40 minutes
TRANSPAC flight
An aircraft traveling across the Pacific Ocean from Australasia, East Asia, and Southeast Asia to North America, Latin America, or vice versa is...
The KC-135 Stratotanker pilot who went into a 20-degree dive to refuel a flamed-out F-105 Thunderchief
The KC-135 Stratotanker
The Boeing Company's model 367-80 served as the basic design for both the KC-135A Stratotanker and the commercial 707 passenger aircraft. The...