Credit: Adrian Pingstone
France has begun retiring the Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker as it modernizes its aerial refueling capacity around the Airbus A330 Phenix Multi-Role Tanker Transport (MRTT). The first of 14 KC-135s was formally retired in a ceremony at the type’s main operating base of Istres on Oct. 6 after 56 years of...
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