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The KC-135 Stratotanker was originally used to support bombers of the Strategic Air Command. The midair refueling capabilities allowed fighter missions to spend hours on the front lines, rather than a few minutes, which was usually due to the limited size of fuel tanks in the fighters. (Courtesy photo)


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The KC-135 Stratotanker was originally used to support bombers of the Strategic Air Command. The midair refueling capabilities allowed fighter missions to spend hours on the front lines, rather than a few minutes, which was usually due to the limited size of fuel tanks in the fighters. (Courtesy photo)

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An MC-130J Commando II receives fuel from a KC-135R Stratotanker during a training sortie in support of Emerald Warrior 17 March 7, 2017. Emerald Warrior is a U.S. Special Operations Command exercise during which joint special operations forces train to respond to various threats across the spectrum of conflict. The MC-130J is assigned to the 9th Special Operations Squadron and the KC135R is assigned to Ohio Air National Guard’s 121st Air Refueling Wing. (U.S. Air National Guard photo/Senior Airman Ashley Williams)
New Jersey Air National Guard Staff Sgt. Travis Laverne troubleshoots an F108 engine on a KC-135 Stratotanker at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., Feb. 26, 2017. Laverne is an engine mechanic with the 108th Wing. (U.S. Air National Guard photo/Master Sgt. Matt Hecht)
Master Sgt. Robert Self, a 370th Flight Test Squadron KC-135 tanker flight engineer, stands tall following his final flight Jan. 18, 2017. Self is retiring in March from 34-and-a-half years of service in the military. (U.S. Air Force photo/Christopher Higgins)
Airman 1st Class Casey McNamara, of the 121st Air Refueling Wing, seats a connector on the engine of a KC-135R Stratotanker Feb. 15, 2017, at Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base, Ohio. McNamara performed an acceptance inspection on the aircraft, which had recently returned from depot-level maintenance. (U.S. Air National Guard photo/Senior Master Sgt. Ralph Branson)
An A-10 Thunderbolt II prepares to receive fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker over Iraq Nov. 29, 2016, in support of Operation Inherent Resolve. (Air Force photo/Senior Airman Jordan Castelan)
A KC-135 Stratotanker prepares to refuel a B-52 Stratofortress Oct. 30, 2016, near Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash. Two B-52s were refueled during the mission. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Travis Edwards)
F-16 Fighting Falcons fly beside a KC-135 Stratotanker during a refueling mission over Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Sept. 26, 2016. The KC-135, from the 151st Air Refueling Wing in Salt Lake City, helps Spangdahlem’s F-16s with mid-air refueling for a longer duration and with more aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Preston Cherry)
A KC-135 Stratotanker from the New Jersey Air National Guard's 108th Wing flies over Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., Aug. 31, 2016. The KC-135 celebrated its 60th anniversary, having made its first flight on Aug. 31, 1956. (U.S. Air National Guard photo/Tech. Sgt. Matt Hecht)
An F-16 Fighting Falcon pilot, assigned to the 79th Fighter Squadron at Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., waves at the boom operator after a mid-air refueling during Red Flag 16-3 over the Nevada Test and Training Range, Nev., July 27, 2016. Red Flag is a realistic combat exercise involving multiple military branches conducting training operations on the 15,000-square-mile test and training range. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Kevin Tanenbaum)
Lt. Col. Duane Richardson, the 22nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron commander, left, and Chief Master Sgt. Joseph Thomas, the 22nd AMXS superintendent, reveal the dedicated crew chief box on a KC-135 Stratotanker May 2, 2016, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. The 22nd AMXS and the 931st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron held a DCC induction ceremony where 58 DCCs and assistant DCCs were assigned to 25 KC-135 Stratotankers. (Courtesy photo)
The KC-46A program's first test aircraft, EMD-1, conducts tests of aircraft acceleration and vibration exposure while flying in receiver formation at various speeds and altitudes behind the KC-135 Stratotanker. (U.S. Navy photo/Petty Officer 1st Class Christopher Okula)
A KC-135R Stratotanker with the Ohio Air National Guard’s 121st Air Refueling Wing breaks away from a formation April 15, 2016. (U.S. Air National Guard photo/Airman 1st Class Ashley Williams)