Left:  NKC-135, 55-3135, refuels NASA's 
F-15 ACTIVE

 

Right:  NKC-135E, 55-3135 refuels F-22..

NKC-135A 55-3128 performs icing tests to qualify the GE-90 engine on Boeing's B-777.

 
Left:  KC-10A, 79-1951, performs A/R testing with the B-2A.

 

Right:  NKC-135E, 55-3135, peforms C-17A, T-1, A/R testing.

Left:  A Flight Test Boom Operator supervises ground testing of the A-10A receptacle with NKC-135E, 55-3135, on the Rogers Dry Lakebed Ground Test Site (USAF).

Right:  NASA's SR-71B, 831, prepares to A/R from NKC-135E, 55-3135, over the Mojave Desert (NASA photo by Jim Ross).

 

B-747 proximity testing

 

KC-747 tanker concept with F-111.

(Photos courtesy of Tab Tabyanan).
Early C-5 and E-3 air refueling testing.

 

(Photos courtesy of Tab Tabyanan).
KC-747 and SR-71 testing.

 

E-3 AWACS testing.

(Photos courtesy of Tab Tabyanan).
NKC-135A, 5-3128, performing icing tests.

 

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