First Boeing KC-135R tanker retired after more than 50 years


http://www.seattlepi.com/business/boeing/article/First-Boeing-KC-135R-tanker-retired-after-more-4310083.php?cmpid=gplus

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  1. Mario Valenzuela II (Relique)February 26, 2013 at 11:24 PM

    What does it tell you about the world when an airplane is able to function for 50+ years, my desktop PC was able to function for 8, but an iPod dies after 2?  

    Just imagine, somewhere there is a man who flown in the same plane his father and grandfather flew in during three different wars which occurred decades apart.

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  2. Zahy MatarFebruary 26, 2013 at 11:49 PM

    What's wrong with them?

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  3. Joe PhilleyFebruary 26, 2013 at 11:51 PM

    Just old and they finely have a replacement

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  4. Zahy MatarFebruary 26, 2013 at 11:56 PM

    Shouldn't that mean the B-52's have to be replaced too? :P

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  5. Paul HoskingFebruary 27, 2013 at 1:23 AM

    It was my first time standing next to a real, gen-u-ine F-4G Wild Weasel.  We were waiting for one of our team to finish going over docs to make sure it was safe to start doing our work.  I studied the tail markings.  

    "OK - so 'SP' is where the bird is from and the big numbers are the tail number for the bird... what's with the little number?"

    My supervisor looks up at the tail.  "Oh.  That's the year it was manufactured."

    "Wow," I note with awe.  "These birds are a year older than I am!"

    "I feel old," replied my boss with his forehead in his palm.

    When it came to flying sorties in Sand Land, our Weasels hit their  chalks with better numbers than many other air frames that were decades newer.  Some air frames are built to last (it also helps to have decades of experience and logistics).

    (I also flew from Germany to Albuquerque in a KC-135 once.  It makes you appreciate the creature comforts in commercial aircraft - like sound baffling).

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  6. David HagerFebruary 27, 2013 at 6:21 AM

    I worked on those back in 2001 my favorite plane to work on

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  7. David HagerFebruary 27, 2013 at 6:24 AM

    C-130's are way worse to fly in lol

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  8. Jonathan DevineFebruary 27, 2013 at 10:13 AM

    The end of an era. What have they replaced them with now?

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  9. Joe PhilleyFebruary 27, 2013 at 10:15 AM

    KC 767

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  10. Jonathan DevineFebruary 27, 2013 at 11:22 AM

    So, what are we using for tankers? C-17's? C-130's?

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