[pfflier]

I stand corrected on my previous post. The USAF did remove parachutes from KC-135s in 2008.

https://www.940arw.afrc.af.mil/News/Article-View/Article/169673/air-force-pulls-parachutes-from-kc-135s/

MY experiences were in the 70's and 80's and I thought I was keeping up with the tanker community. My apologies to you for the bad post and best wishes for your son on his deployment.

[uscga77]

It’s all good. Thank you