a re-engined tanker with the TF-33-PW-102 engine was designated the KC-135E. In 2009, the last KC-135E retired from the inventory. Through the years, the KC-135 has been altered to do other jobs ...

None of the U.S. Air Force’s existing tanker aircraft were capable of holding JP-7. Instead, the KC-135 would need to be ...

Cockpit view of KC-135 flying out of McConnell AFB on a Thunderbirds ... checks had been done overnight, so once the four engines were fired, we taxied out to the the 12,000-ft.- ...

Let's start by discussing some of the differences between the KC-135 and the newer KC-46. Col Cory Damon: The 46 has two engines versus four on the 135. That leads to efficiencies in maintenance ...

Autonomy company Merlin can begin the process of introducing certain software-controlled cockpit actions in Boeing KC-135 tankers, the Boston-based company said on Nov. 11. The U.S. Air Force ...

NGAS is an effort to replace the aging KC-46 and KC-135 tankers by the 2030s and will ... a large lambda wing with canted ...