
The KC-135's primary function is aerial refueling, it uses a flying boom to transfer the fuel. A drogue can be attached to the boom, to refuel aircraft fitted with probes.
Besides being a refueler, the aicraft can also transport cargo and passengers above its refueling system.
Of the 732 KC-135's, buid between 1957 and 1965, 530 are still in service, and have been upgraded serveral times with new wing surfaces and engines.
KC-135 Low Level
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KC-135 Fly-By Riverside Airshow 2007
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2007 McGuire AFB Open House - Team McGuire Flybys - Part 2
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Trip to Kunson
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2007 McGuire AFB Open House - C-17 Globemaster III Demo
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KC-135 Boom Pod
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KC-135 tanker flight
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The 108th Air Refueling Wing
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KC-135 Takeoff
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2007 Wheels and Wings Airshow - KC-135E Stratotanker
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