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KC135 Stratotanker

The Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker is an aerial refueling tanker aircraft, first manufactured in 1956 and expected to remain in service into the 2020s. It is derived from the original Boeing jet transport "proof of concept" demonstrator, the Boeing 367-80 commonly called the "Dash-80"). As such, it has a narrower fuselage and is shorter than the Boeing 707 jetliner.

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Developed in the late 1950s this basic airframe is characterized by swept wings and tail, four under wing mounted engine pods, a horizontal stabilizer mounted on the fuselage near the bottom of the vertical stabilizer with positive di-hedral on the two horizontal planes and a hi-frequency radio antenna which protrudes forward from the top of the vertical fin or stabilizer. These basic features make it strongly resemble the commercial Boeing 707 and 720 aircraft although, under the skin, it's actually a different aircraft.

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