Monday, June 23, 2008

The Mighty KC-135R

For those of you who are not familiar with what a KC-135 looks like or what it does, here are a few pictures. This is the KC-135 R model. The R model is the newest version of the 50 year old KC-135 and has much bigger engines (22,000# of thrust each) than earlier models and upgraded avionics.



My job will be to be an airborne gas station for everything from fighter aircraft



to jumbo jets (like the C-5).


I'm looking forward to flying it : )

Jared

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

holy cow...that thing looks huge! So can you drop down enough to fuel up our cars?

Unknown said...

Hey Jared! How was your flight today?

Kevin & Sharon said...

just like the T27 & C21, you'll master this plane.

Kevin & Sharon said...

T37 in Mississippi