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Picture of the Day: KC-135 Stratotanker Getting Prepped for Flight – Who Can Tell Us What This Is?

July 30, 2017 kc-135 stratotanker
FighterSweep Staff 24 Comments Air Force, Military Aviation, Photos, Video

Question of the Day for the Picture of the Day – Who can tell us what the big yellow hose going into the aircraft door is for? Comment below.

Airmen assigned to the 379th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron prepare a KC-135 Stratotanker refueling aircraft for a mission in support of Operation Inherent Resolve – US Department of Defense

Watch: Ride along on a KC-135 mission at Exercise Red Flag

Featured image Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Trevor T. McBride

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