#kc-135

[thestonecuttersguild]

Wisconsin ANG.

Oshkosh 2025

[usafphantom2]

F-16 Vipers and a KC-135 Stratotanker

@refueled via X

[enriquemzn262]

It is 1959, the last Convair B-36 Peacemaker lands for the last time, meanwhile somewhere in the sky a KC-135 refuels a B-52.

It is 1970, the last Convair B-58 Hustler lands for the last time, meanwhile somewhere in the sky a KC-135 refuels a B-52.

It’s 1998, the last General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark lands for the last time, meanwhile somewhere in the sky a KC-135 refuels a B-52.

It’s 2024, the last McDonnell Douglas KC-10 Extender lands for the last time, meanwhile somewhere in the sky a KC-135 refuels a B-52.

It’s 2032, the last Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit lands for the last time…

[supplyside]

rollout

[monkeyssalad-blog]

Stratotanker by Treflyn Lloyd-Roberts Via Flickr: KC-135 00359 on the static display line at the 2025 Abbotsford Airshow. Aircraft: United States Air Force Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker 60-0359 from 434th Air Refueling Wing at Grissom Air Reserve Base, Indiana. Location: Abbotsford International Airport (YXX/CYXX), British Columbia, Canada.

[stone-cold-groove]

The U.S. Air Force’s KC-135 tanker refueling a SAC B-52H.

[padparadzha]

[tpmmpt-1]

"Practice makes perfect..."

Mid-flight refueling testing for the YA-10 Thunderbolt II with a KC-135 Stratotanker