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Fairchild AFB Launched The Largest KC-135 MITO (Minimum Interval Take Off) Mission In Base’s History Last Week

October 7, 2021 Stefano D'Urso

The KC-135 MITO was part of a proficiency and readiness exercise to validate Fairchild’s maintenance generation and the ability to launch multiple aircraft in rapid succession. On Sept. 29, 2021, the 92nd Air Refueling Wing […]

Aviation Safety / Air Crashes

Refueling Hose Of U.S. Air Force KC-135 Tanker Detaches And Falls To The Ground In Finland

March 19, 2021 David Cenciotti

A KC-135 Stratotanker aerial refueler lost the refueling hose during Ex. Baltic Trident mission over Finland. And it was not the first time. A bizarre incident occurred to a U.S. Air Force KC-135 involved in […]

Military Aviation

French C-135FR Tanker Refuels U.S. Air Force B-52 Bomber Over Europe In Rare International Refueling Operation

September 28, 2017 David Cenciotti

This is something you don’t see too often: a U.S. Stratofortress bomber refueled by a foreign tanker. On Sept. 25, a U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress deployed to RAF Fairford, UK, refueled from a French […]

Military Aviation

KC-135R In Special Tiger Color Scheme Commemorates The 100th Anniversary Of 141st Air Refueling Squadron

July 3, 2017 David Cenciotti

KC-135R with tiger motif. The photographs in this post were taken on Jun. 22 at McGuire Air Force Base, NJ, by Richard Porcelli. They show a special 141st Air Refueling Squadron (108th Wing, NJ ANG) […]

Military Aviation

Check Out This Really Unusual “Formation”: USAF B-1Bs, B-52H, KC-135R Escorted by Russian SU-27 Over Baltic.

June 12, 2017 Tom Demerly

Here are some extraordinary pictures of a really unsual “close encounter” over the Baltic Sea. In yet another sensational encounter between U.S. and Russian aircraft, two B-1B Lancers from the 28th Bomb Wing, a B-52H […]

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