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KC-135FR

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		Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker	https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/KC–135_Stratotanker https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_KC-135_Stratotanker https://d-nb.info/gnd/7573067-4 https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85071830 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/10663497 http://www.boeing.com/history/products/kc-135-stratotanker.page https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/aircraft/kc-135.htm https://fas.org/nuke/guide/usa/bomber/kc-135r.htm https://www.militaryfactory.com/aircraft/detail.asp?aircraft_id=53	Boeing aircraft model numbers, United States military transport aircraft designations, Army/Air Force and Tri-Service systems - Transportflugzeuge (Cargo) des USAAS, USAAC, USAAF und der USAF bis 1962, Boeing military aircraft - Liste der militärischen Flugzeugtypen des Herstellers Boeing - Военные самолёты Boeing, Az amerikai légierő jelenleg hadrendben álló fegyverei - Equipment of the United States Air Force, Boeing 707 family

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In the mid-1980s, 11 surviving C-135Fs were upgraded to the KC-135FR standard through the installation of CFM International F108 turbofan engines. Around the same time the fleet – meanwhile not only involved in Mirage IVA-operations, but also in supporting tactical fighter-bombers during French military interventions in the Central African Republic, Mauritania, and Chad – received this livery in blue grey (FS35164) on upper surfaces and sides, and either aluminium or light grey on undersurfaces. This was the KC-135FR serial number 62-3574 (coded 31-CP), while operated by ERV 93 Bretagne in Chad of 1986. (Artwork by Tom Cooper)

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