What's Ahead in Aerospace: Tanker fleet holding up despite hectic war pace
AGING TANKERS: KC-135 tankers rank among the U.S. Air Force's oldest platforms, but aircrews in the Iraqi theater have been astonished by how the airframes are holding up despite a hectic operational pace. "They seem to fly better when they're flown a lot," says Staff Sgt. Matthew York, a KC-135...
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