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To: Prophet in the wilderness
Yes, basically, it is the 707, but, under the military classification it is the KC/C - 135 Tanker.

Israel's tankers are conversions of the 707, which due to its 4-inch-wider cabin, is differentiated from the -135 family by Boeing (indeed, Boeing briefly used the 717 designation before adopting the USAF designation of C/KC-135). The only countries to actually buy -135s off the line are the US and France (-F models); the US later sold some surplus aircraft to Turkey and Singapore.

Also, 707s that were used for transport by the USAF/USN (as opposed to radar and C3 duty) were termed C-137s (the most famous of which were the former Air Force Ones).

116 posted on 01/20/2005 5:08:34 PM PST by steveegg (The secret goal of lieberals - to ensure that no future generation can possibly equal theirs.)
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I wonder ? if they can build new tankers from the new BOEING 747 ADVANCED ( but still will be the 747 - 500 series in my book, this is ? if they even go ahead with making a new version of the 747 ) if they can get the operational cost down of operating the 747 , could it make a nice sized tanker for the US military ?


140 posted on 01/21/2005 6:23:01 AM PST by Prophet in the wilderness (PSALM 53 : 1 The ( FOOL ) hath said in his heart , There is no GOD .)
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