Trip Report: A Ride Inside US Air Force KC-135

Recently, Simple Flying was allowed the extreme honor to fly along with one of Fairchild Air Force Bases Boeing KC-135R with the serial 62-3502. That means the KC-135 was ordered by the US Air Force in 1962 and according to Planespotters.net delivered in October 1962, the very same month of the Cuban Missile Crisis – a key point in the Cold War. Yet todays KC-135 is upgraded and able to continue refueling aircraft.