Few would have imagined when "Dix" Loesch and "Tex" Johnston took the KC-135A up for its maiden flight on 31 August 1956 that some 60 years later, it would stil

The KC -135A made its maiden flight on August 31, 1956 and was still in front line service some 60 years later. What began as a jet-powered replacement for the

Beskriver det amerikanske tankfly Boeing KC-135 og omtaler de mange varianter af den militære version af flytypen, som jo er Boeing 707 i den civile version.

The first KC-135A was rolled out on July 18, 1956 - nearly 70 years ago - and, amazingly, half of those constructed during the following ten years are still act