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To: phantomworker

It's not trivial to modify a commercial aircraft for weapons employment.

But it might be somewhat easier to modify a military varient for use as an airliner. After all the 707 was based on the military KC-135 tanker.

32 posted on 09/13/2006 8:55:42 PM PDT by Paleo Conservative

To: Paleo Conservative

Not sure which came first, the chicken or the egg. The 707 or the C-135 family.

http://www.aerospaceweb.org/aircraft/transport-m/c135/

33 posted on 09/13/2006 9:19:50 PM PDT by phantomworker ("A chicken doesn't stop scratching just because worms are scarce." Sofa King crazy.)

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