Boeing KC-135Q Stratotanker 59-1474
United States Air Force - Boeing KC-135Q-BN Stratotanker 59-1474 (MSN 17962), at RAF Mildenhall on 24 April 1991. As a KC-135Q, this aircraft was dedicated to refuelling Lockheed SR-71 reconnaissance aircraft with the very low volatility JP-7 fuel, carried in the fuselage cabin tanks, with normal fuel for the KC-135 in the wing tanks. (By 1995 converted to KC-135T, powered by CFM-56 turbofan engines)
Picture No
50952206
Media ID
50952206
Size
12610px x 6620px
(16.7MB)
Credit
© The Tony Lovelock Collection / Peter Butt / Mary Evans
Source
Scanned from an original negative by Tony Lovelock
Date
1991
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