Navy E-6 Mercury aircraft, a new build airframe based on the Boeing 707-320B. 【参考译文】该机型的侦察和指挥所变种,包括RC-135 Rivet Joint和EC-135 Looking Glass飞机,从1963年至1992年由战略空军司令部(SAC)操作,之后被重新分配给空战司令部(ACC)。美国空军的EC-135 Looking Glass随后在其角色中被...
Reducing aircraft gross weight is a cost issue, because excess weight incurs a "carriage cost". The "carriage cost" for weight on the KC-135 is 4.97% of the weight in pounds of fuel burned per hour. This thesis focuses on the cost recoupment horizon for reballasting the KC-135 fleet ...
A total of 732 KC-135s were built in a long and efficient production run. The first 582 aircraft were built with a short tailfin, but from then on a taller fin was introduced to make the aircraft more stable during takeoff. This feature was eventually retrofitted to all aircraft in the ...
The KC-46A delivers more fuel at all ranges and from shorter runways than the KC-135 aircraft it’s replacing — while utilizing less ramp space than competing tankers — ensuring mission reach from forward and austere airfields. Currently, KC-46A air refueling receiver certifications include: ...
Air Force could have achieved greater cost savings under a contract settlement it reached five years ago with Boeing for the upkeep of its KC-135 Stratotanker aerial refueling aircraft had ex-senior Air Force weapons buyer Darleen Druyun not rushed the deal. The report states that Air Force ...
[5] More cost overruns are coming for Boeing as the KC-46 program logs another two technical deficiencies [6] Five US Aircraft Left to Certify with KC-46 Tanker [7] KC-46 Tanker’s Recent “97 Percent” Milestone Isn’t The Whole Story ...
A tanker version (KC-97) was introduced in 1950 using the “flying boom” refueling system, and all subsequent USAF contracts for C-97s were for tankers. In all, 890 aircraft were ordered, 74 C-97s and 816 KC-97s. After 1956, USAF KC-97s were gradually replaced by KC-135 jet tankers...
As we reported earlier this week, the Air Force has finally received the first of its KC-46A Pegasus aerial refueling tankers, which are intended to finally replace the decades-old KC-135 Stratotankers. The Pentagon planned to supplement the KC-46 with an entirely new aircraft, the KC-Z. ...
The KC-45 has a maximum fuel capacity of 250,000lb, (representing 25% more fuel than the capacity of the KC-135 aircraft) and a multi-point refuelling system with a mix of boom, hose and drogue, and hose drum systems which provide flexibility, high off-load rates and servicing of more...
The KC-46A Aerial Refueling Tanker will replace the aging fleet of KC-135 tankers. The KC-46A Program, the first phase of KC-135 recapitalization, will procure aircraft to replace roughly one-third of the current KC-135 tanker fleet. 关键词: tankers in-flight refuelling FleetAircraft 年份:...