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Stratotanker Collection

The Stratotanker, a vital asset to the Tennessee Air National Guard, plays a crucial role in aerial refueling operations

Background imageStratotanker Collection: A B-1B Lancer stands by as another Lancer connects with a KC-135 Stratotanker

A B-1B Lancer stands by as another Lancer connects with a KC-135 Stratotanker
February 23, 2012 - A B-1B Lancer from the 337th Test and Evaluation Squadron stands by as another Lancer connects with a KC-135 Stratotanker for inflight refueling during a mission over the Gulf of

Background imageStratotanker Collection: Tennessee Air National Guard - Boeing KC-97L Stratotanker

Tennessee Air National Guard - Boeing KC-97L Stratotanker O-53-0315 (msn 17097) Built as a KC-97G-29-BO, then to KC-97G-145-BO and converted to KC-97L. Date: 1960s

Background imageStratotanker Collection: Boeing 367-80 N70700

Boeing 367-80 N70700 (msn 17158) taking off out of Boeing Field. N70700, first flown on 15 July 1954, was the prototype of the Boeing 707 - 717 - Stratotanker family

Background imageStratotanker Collection: Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker 63-7995

Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker 63-7995
United States Air Force (USAF) - Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker 63-7995 (msn 18612) Date: circa 1990

Background imageStratotanker Collection: Boeing KC-135E Stratotanker 56-3604

Boeing KC-135E Stratotanker 56-3604
United States Air Force (USAF) - Boeing KC-135E Stratotanker 56-3604 (MSN 17353) Date: circa 1987

Background imageStratotanker Collection: Boeing KC-135A Stratotanker 63-8008

Boeing KC-135A Stratotanker 63-8008
United States Air Force (USAF) - Boeing KC-135A-BN Stratotanker 63-8008 (MSN 18625/T0664), at RAF Fairford on 22 July 1989. Date: 1989

Background imageStratotanker Collection: Boeing KC-135A Stratotanker 57-2603

Boeing KC-135A Stratotanker 57-2603
United States Air Force (USAF) - Boeing KC-135A-BN Stratotanker 57-2603 (MSN 17739), of the 314th ARS / 336th ARW, at RAF Fairford on 22 July 1989. Date: 1989

Background imageStratotanker Collection: Boeing KC-135A Stratotanker 60-0350

Boeing KC-135A Stratotanker 60-0350
United States Air Force (USAF) - Boeing KC-135A-BN Stratotanker 60-0350 (MSN 18125) Date: circa 1985

Background imageStratotanker Collection: Boeing KC-135A Stratotanker 58-0018

Boeing KC-135A Stratotanker 58-0018
United States Air Force (USAF) - Boeing KC-135A-BN Stratotanker 58-0018 (MSN 17948) Date: circa 1985

Background imageStratotanker Collection: Boeing KC-135A Stratotanker 59-1460

Boeing KC-135A Stratotanker 59-1460
United States Air Force (USAF) - Boeing KC-135A-BN Stratotanker 59-1460 (MSN 17948) Date: circa 1985

Background imageStratotanker Collection: Boeing KC-135A Stratotanker 57-2598

Boeing KC-135A Stratotanker 57-2598
United States Air Force (USAF) - Boeing KC-135A-BN Stratotanker 57-2598 (MSN 17734) Date: circa 1985

Background imageStratotanker Collection: Boeing KC-135A Stratotanker 56-3615

Boeing KC-135A Stratotanker 56-3615
United States Air Force (USAF) - Boeing KC-135A-BN Stratotanker 56-3615 (MSN 17364) Date: circa 1985

Background imageStratotanker Collection: Boeing KC-135A Stratotanker 57-2607

Boeing KC-135A Stratotanker 57-2607
United States Air Force (USAF) - Boeing KC-135A-BN Stratotanker 57-2607 (MSN 17743), of the 147th Air Refuelling Squadron, Pennsylvania ANG, at RAF Fairford on 22 July 1989. Date: 1989

Background imageStratotanker Collection: Boeing KC-135A-BN Stratotanker 63-8880

Boeing KC-135A-BN Stratotanker 63-8880
United States Air Force (USAF) - Boeing KC-135A-BN Stratotanker 63-8880 (MSN 18728) Date: circa 1985

Background imageStratotanker Collection: Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker 60-0314

Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker 60-0314
United States Air Force (USAF) - Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker 60-0314 (MSN 18089) Date: circa 1990

Background imageStratotanker Collection: Boeing KC-135A-BN Stratotanker 58-0126

Boeing KC-135A-BN Stratotanker 58-0126
United States Air Force (USAF) - Boeing KC-135A-BN Stratotanker 58-0126 (MSN 17871) Date: circa 1985

Background imageStratotanker Collection: Boeing RC-135U Stratotanker 64-14849

Boeing RC-135U Stratotanker 64-14849
United States Air Force (USAF) - Boeing RC-135U Stratotanker 64-14849 (MSN 18789). Converted to RC-135U Combat Sent 2 intelligence gathering aircraft, with the 45th RS / 55th Wing

Background imageStratotanker Collection: Boeing KC-135E Stratotanker 58-0008

Boeing KC-135E Stratotanker 58-0008
United States Air Force (USAF) - Boeing KC-135E Stratotanker 58-0088 (MSN 17833) Date: circa 1983

Background imageStratotanker Collection: Boeing KC-135A Stratotanker 57-1489

Boeing KC-135A Stratotanker 57-1489
United States Air Force (USAF) - Boeing KC-135A-BN Stratotanker 57-1489 (MSN 17560). (Destroyed in a mid-air collion with a light aircraft on 13 March 1982) Date: circa 1975

Background imageStratotanker Collection: Boeing EC-135J Stratotanker 62-3584

Boeing EC-135J Stratotanker 62-3584
United States Air Force (USAF) - Boeing EC-135J Stratotanker 62-3584 (MSN 18567), airborne command post. (Overshot runway at Pope AFB, NC, undercarriage collapsed)

Background imageStratotanker Collection: Boeing WC-135B Stratotanker 61-2674

Boeing WC-135B Stratotanker 61-2674
United States Air Force (USAF) - Boeing WC-135B Stratotanker 61-2674 (MSN 18350) Date: circa 1990

Background imageStratotanker Collection: Boeing KC-135E Stratotanker 55-3143

Boeing KC-135E Stratotanker 55-3143
United States Air Force (USAF) - Boeing KC-135E Stratotanker 55-3143 (msn 17259) Date: circa 1985

Background imageStratotanker Collection: Boeing KC-135A Stratotanker 59-1499

Boeing KC-135A Stratotanker 59-1499
United States Air Force (USAF) - Boeing KC-135A-BN Stratotanker 59-1499 (msn 17987) Date: circa 1985

Background imageStratotanker Collection: Boeing KC-135A Stratotanker 63-7981

Boeing KC-135A Stratotanker 63-7981
United States Air Force (USAF) - Boeing KC-135A-BN Stratotanker 63-7981 (msn 19598/T0367). Date: circa 1985

Background imageStratotanker Collection: Boeing KC-135A Stratotanker 59-1498

Boeing KC-135A Stratotanker 59-1498
United States Air Force (USAF) - Boeing KC-135A Stratotanker 59-1498 (msn 17986) Date: circa 1985

Background imageStratotanker Collection: Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker 61-0317

Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker 61-0317
United States Air Force (USAF) - Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker 61-0317 (msn 18224). Date: circa 1985

Background imageStratotanker Collection: Boeing KC-135A Stratotanker 61-0324

Boeing KC-135A Stratotanker 61-0324
United States Air Force (USAF) - Boeing KC-135A-BN Stratotanker 61-0324 (msn 18231). Date: circa 1985

Background imageStratotanker Collection: Boeing KC-135A Stratotanker 56-3627

Boeing KC-135A Stratotanker 56-3627
United States Air Force (USAF) - Boeing KC-135A Stratotanker 56-3627 (msn 17376). Date: circa 1985

Background imageStratotanker Collection: Boeing KC-135A-BN Stratotanker 61-0284

Boeing KC-135A-BN Stratotanker 61-0284
United States Air Force - Boeing KC-135A-BN Stratotanker 61-0284 (msn 18191) Date: circa 1980

Background imageStratotanker Collection: Boeing EC-135P Stratotanker 61-0274

Boeing EC-135P Stratotanker 61-0274
United States Air Force - Boeing EC-135P Stratotanker 61-0274 (msn 18181-T0496) converted to EC-135H airborne command post. Date: circa 1990

Background imageStratotanker Collection: Boeing EC-135C Stratotanker 63-8051 Northern Princess

Boeing EC-135C Stratotanker 63-8051 Northern Princess
United States Air Force - Boeing EC-135C Stratotanker 63-8051 Northern Princess (msn 18668), of the 28th Bombardment Wing

Background imageStratotanker Collection: Boeing EC-135P Stratotanker 58-0019

Boeing EC-135P Stratotanker 58-0019
United States Air Force - Boeing EC-135P-BN Stratotanker 58-0019 (msn 17764). Built as a KC-135A-BN, converted to EC-135A Rasio Relay station, then to EC-135P airborne command post standard

Background imageStratotanker Collection: NKC-135A Stratotanker 55-3124

NKC-135A Stratotanker 55-3124
United States Air Force - NKC-135A Stratotanker 55-3124 (MSN 17240), of the 4950th Test Wing, Aeronautical Systems Division, Wright-Patterson, OH. Date: circa 1990

Background imageStratotanker Collection: Boeing EC-135H Stratotanker 61-0282

Boeing EC-135H Stratotanker 61-0282
United States Air Force - Boeing EC-135H Stratotanker 61-0282 (MSN 18189), of the 10th Airborne Command and Control Squadron. Date: circa 2000

Background imageStratotanker Collection: Boeing C-135A Stratotanker 58-0070

Boeing C-135A Stratotanker 58-0070
United States Air Force - Boeing C-135A Stratotanker 58-0070 (msn 17815). Date: circa 1995

Background imageStratotanker Collection: Boeing KC-135E Stratotanker 61-0281

Boeing KC-135E Stratotanker 61-0281
United States Air Force - Boeing KC-135E Stratotanker 61-0281 (msn 18188), of the 197th ARS, Arizona ANG. Date: circa 2000

Background imageStratotanker Collection: Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker 63-8045

Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker 63-8045
United States Air Force - Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker 63-8045 (msn 18662), at RAF Mildenhall. Date: circa 2000

Background imageStratotanker Collection: Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker 63-8021

Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker 63-8021
United States Air Force - Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker 63-8021 (msn 18638), at RAF Mildenhall, on 20 October 1991. Date: 1991

Background imageStratotanker Collection: Boeing KC-135A Stratotanker N931NA - NASA 931

Boeing KC-135A Stratotanker N931NA - NASA 931
Boeing KC-135A Stratotanker N931NA / NASA 931 (MSN 18615, ex 63-7998), used for NASA's Reduced Gravity Research Program Date: circa 2000

Background imageStratotanker Collection: United States Air Force - Boeing NKC-135E Stratotanker 55-3135 (MSN 17251)

United States Air Force - Boeing NKC-135E Stratotanker 55-3135 (MSN 17251), an instrumented tanker during refuelling trials with an F-16, at Edwards Air Force Base on 3 April 2018

Background imageStratotanker Collection: Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker 62-3565

Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker 62-3565
United States Air Force - Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker 62-3565 (MSN 18548) Date: 1998

Background imageStratotanker Collection: Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker 58-0118

Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker 58-0118
United States Air Force - Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker 58-0118 (MSN 17863), at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas. Date: 1997

Background imageStratotanker Collection: Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker 64-14828

Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker 64-14828
United States Air Force - Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker 64-14828 (MSN 18768), at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, with many more on the flight-line. Date: 1997

Background imageStratotanker Collection: Boeing KC-135E Stratotanker 59-1489

Boeing KC-135E Stratotanker 59-1489
United States Air Force - Boeing KC-135E Stratotanker 59-1489 (msn 17977), of the Utah Air National Guard, at RAF Mildenhall ca March 1999

Background imageStratotanker Collection: Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker 61-0284

Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker 61-0284
United States Air Force - Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker 61-0284 (msn 18191), at RAF Mildenhall. Date: 1999

Background imageStratotanker Collection: Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker 62-3561

Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker 62-3561
United States Air Force - Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker 62-3561 (msn 18544), at RAF Mildenhall, in July 1996. Date: 1996

Background imageStratotanker Collection: Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker 62-3498

Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker 62-3498
United States Air Force - Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker 62-3498 (MSN 18481/T0549), at RAF Mildenhall in November 1998. Date: 1998

Background imageStratotanker Collection: Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker 63-8017

Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker 63-8017
United States Air Force - Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker 63-8017 (msn 18634), of the 100th Air Refuelling Wing, at RAF Mildenhall in November 1998. Date: 1999



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The Stratotanker, a vital asset to the Tennessee Air National Guard, plays a crucial role in aerial refueling operations. With its impressive capabilities and versatility, this Boeing KC-97L Stratotanker ensures that our aircraft remain fueled and ready for any mission. In one captivating image, we witness the power of teamwork as a B-1B Lancer stands by while another Lancer connects with a KC-135 Stratotanker. This moment captures the seamless coordination required during mid-air refueling operations. Amongst the fleet of Stratotankers is the legendary Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker 63-7995. Its sleek design and advanced technology make it an indispensable tool in maintaining air superiority. Let's not forget about the historic contributions made by previous models such as the Boeing KC-135E Stratotanker 56-3604 and Boeing KC-135A Stratotankers like 63-8008, 57-2603, 60-0350, 58-0018, 59-1460, 57 -2598, 56 -3615, and finally ending with57 -2607. These formidable aircraft have served faithfully over decades of service. As these magnificent machines take flight, they symbolize strength and resilience. The sight of a Stratotanker soaring through the skies evokes awe and admiration for those who operate them. Their unwavering dedication ensures that our military remains at peak performance. Whether supporting combat missions or humanitarian efforts around the world, these mighty giants keep our forces flying high. The legacy of excellence embodied by each individual stratotanker is truly remarkable – their impact immeasurable. So let us salute all those involved in operating these incredible machines – from pilots to ground crew – who work tirelessly to ensure that our nation's defense remains unparalleled. Together with their trusty stratotankers by their side; they forge ahead into the skies, ready to conquer any challenge that comes their way.