Since Fairchild Air Force Base first received the refueling mission in 1957, four KC-135s and more than 60 airmen have been killed in mishaps over the last 50 years.

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Since Fairchild Air Force Base first received the refueling mission in 1957, four KC-135s and more than 60 airmen have been killed in mishaps over the last 50 years.

They seldom have mishaps, and the likelihood a KC-135 crew member would ever need to use a parachute is extremely low,” according to an article published on the Air Force website.

A U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker assigned to the 185th Air Refueling Wing, Iowa Air National Guard, lands at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Feb. 1, 2021.

ARLINGTON, Va. — The Air Force announced Wednesday that a Sept. 26 mishap between a KC-135 tanker and a Kyrgyz passenger plane at Manas International Airport in Kyrgyzstan was mostly the ...

The Boeing-made KC-135 is a mid-air refueling aircraft that’s been in service since the late 1950s. The RC-135 was introduced in the 1960s and the WC-135 “Constant Phoenix” in 1965.

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