Depending on fuel storage configuration, the KC-135 can carry up to 83,000 pounds of cargo. Nearly all internal fuel can be pumped through the flying boom, the KC-135's primary fuel transfer method.
India’s defence ministry has signed a contract with US firm Metrea to wet lease KC-135 Stratotanker for IAF pilot training, ...
U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotankers, C-17 Globemaster IIIs and KC-46 Pegasus aircraft line up for an elephant walk at Altus ...
It is intended to replace the oldest of the U.S. Air Force’s KC-135 Stratotanker fleet -- some ... equipped with a modernized KC-10 refueling boom integrated with proven fly-by-wire control ...
New Delhi has ordered 156 attack helicopters from Hindustan Aeronautics, as well as contracted an air-to-air tanker.
How long the KC-135 might serve will depend on the service ... with the tanker’s Remote Vision System, which allows the boom operator to see the boom through a video feed.