A KC-135 stops in American Samoa in January 2023.
Credit: U.S. Air Force
CLEVELAND—A series of proposed upgrades, including manually foldable winglets, could slash the fuel consumption of the four-engine KC-135 tanker by 12-14%, a U.S. Air Force official said April 25. The Air Force’s Operational Energy office is pursuing a double-digit percentage reduction in KC-135...
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