U.S. Air Force Boeing KC-135T Stratotanker.
Registration: 59-1471.
Delivered to the U.S. Air Force in 1960.
Special livery: 100 Years of Flight 116th Air Refuelling Squadron.
The Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker is a tanker aircraft made by US aircraft manufacturer Boeing. This type was first built in 1956. The KC-135 was derived from the Boeing 367-80, a Boeing demonstration aircraft. The aircraft looks like two drops of water like a Boeing 707 but is slightly shorter and narrower than a Boeing 707 passenger jet.
This photo was taken during the Seafair Weekend near Seattle on 2 August 2024 held at Lake Washington.
I am Jaap van den Berg and photography has become a great passion of mine since 2010. Since then I travel all over the world to take pictures of military aircrafts. But besides aircraft I also love to photograph other subjects like landscapes, architecture, flowers, animals, .. Read more…