Taxed by wars, aging air tankers suffer fleet fatigue

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Taxed by wars, aging air tankers suffer fleet fatigue

Taxed by wars, aging air tankers suffer fleet fatigue

10-17-2010 09:00 PM

The last new KC-135 Stratotanker was delivered to the U.S. Air Force in 1964. After nearly a decade of war, the fleet’s age is showing, most profoundly to the men and women on the ground who keep the 415 tankers flying.

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