February 29th, 2008. It was the day that Northrop Grumman Corporation announced that it had been selected by the U.S. Air Force to provide the KC-45A aerial refueling tanker for the KC-135 tanker ...
The first Air Force jet-powered tanker aircraft was the KC-135 Stratotanker built from the Boeing 707 airliner. As the Air Mobility Command states, "Upon seeing Boeing’s newest all-jet airliner design ...
But only ‘The BuckNut’ truly takes it to another level. It’s a KC-135 Stratotanker dedicated to all things Buckeye. “It’s like taking a piece of home with us,” said Maj. Zacharee ...