Product Description

This highly readable text follows the development and service use of this globe-trotting aircraft. It takes the reader through the wide range of tasks it has performed, including transport, tanker, weather recce, reconnaissance and intelligence gathering, special operations, airborne command post and test-bed.

Every variant and sub-variant is charted and the histories of each aircraft are found within. Includes details of the hundreds of units, past and present, that have flown Stratotanker. For military and aviation enthusiasts.

Robert S. Hopkins III is a former U.S. Air Force pilot. He commanded an RC-135 Rivet Joint Crew during Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1317199 in Books
• Published on: 1998-07
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 224 pages

Customer Reviews

KC-135....the jet that will outlive anything else flying!
When it comes to a true iron horse for the USAF, then that honor goes to the KC-135, it's the kind of aircraft that made all those long range missions possible, wether you fly a fighter, a transport, or bomber, with a KC-135 you could always count on the tankers and the crews that flew them.
If you want to know the history of this fantastic jet, no home aircraft libray should be without this book, depending on the mission needing flown, from the "Plain Jane Tankers" and recon missions of the Raven RC-135's, this book has what you need to appericate what USAF did to fly.
For the aircraft buff like myself, this one book you ought to have!

But you must handle it with care !
This extraordinary book deserves a hardcover edition. The available paperback edition is very, very fragile. It's not a problem... but I think you should know that before opening it for the first time ! That being the case, this book is definitely a goldmine, especially for the enthusiast. So buy it, and ... take care of it !

Excellent Book!
As a current aircrew member on the Advanced Range Instrumentation Aircraft, I am always looking for anything out there with the history of our airframes. This book is EXCELLENT. The data is accurate and even though you might think you have seen or heard of every variant of the 135 out there, after reading this book you'll soon discover there are a lot more. I highly recommend this book as the benchmark 135 book on the market