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Article: AS KC-135ES RETIRE, AIR FORCE OFFICIALS' FOCUS SHIFTS TO KC-X

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October 6, 2009
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SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. , Oct. 5 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following press release:

One of the last of the KC-135E Stratotankers to retire made its final flight Sept. 28 to Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, and after more than 50 years of service, tail number 56-1503 will be relegated to a life as one of several planes used for aircraft maintenance training on the base.

This KC-135E was built in 1956 and was one of 161 KC-135Es that once were in the Air Force fleet. Today's Airmen keep the current Air Force fleet of 415 KC-135Rs flying until they will be replaced in the decades to come.

The KC-135E also brings to light the Air Force's need to get the new KC-X tankers, Air Mobility ...

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