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  • Tanker aircraft delivers 1 billionth pound of fuel

    04/24/2004 9:48:11 AM PDT · by Ragtime Cowgirl · 18 replies · 279+ views
    Air Force Link ^ | April 22, 2004 | Staff Sgt. Monte J. Volk
    Tanker aircraft delivers 1 billionth pound of fuel by Staff Sgt. Monte J. VolkU.S. Central Command Air Forces-Forward Public Affairs4/22/2004 - SOUTHWEST ASIA (AFPN) -- If you were to count from one to 1 billion it would take about 95 years. It took a little over a year for U.S. Central Command’s Combined Force Air Component Command-controlled tanker airlift to deliver 1 billion pounds of jet fuel. A KC-135 Stratotanker delivered 84,000 pounds of fuel to three different aircraft over Iraq on April 21 surpassing 1 billion pounds of fuel delivered in the theater since Jan. 30, 2003. One billion pounds is a...