7/12/2018 · During Pressure, the test crew didn’t pay attention to one minor detail and did not follow instructions and checklists and as a result of their negligence KC-135 Exploded . According to the excerpt “a KC-135 Aircraft was being pressurized at ground level.
1/2/2018 · The outflow valves which are used to regulate the pressure of the KC-135 were capped off during a 5 year overhaul and never opened back up. The impressive photos in this post show the result of failed pressure test on a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft. “This is an example of what happens when we do not pay attention to detail, and do not follow instructions and checklists!”, says an excerpt …
10/4/2017 · KC-135Q 58-0039 exploded in flight near Torrejon Spain in 1971. KC-135B 61-0331 was lost over the Pacific in 1971. KC-135A 60-0368 crashed on approach at Torrejon Spain in 1976, KC-135A 61-0296 crashed near K.I. Sawyer AFB in 1976. KC-135Q 60-0338 burned on the ramp at Plattsburg AFB. KC-135A 58-0031 exploded in flight near O’Hare airport in …
On Friday An Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker assigned to the Transit Center at Manas near Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan explode in midair then crashed in the mountains of northern Kyrgyzstan, all three airmen were killed. The Defense Department has identified the airmen as Captain Mark T. Voss, 27, of Colorado Springs, Colo.
Captain Victoria A. Pinckney, 27, of Palmdale and Tech Sgt. Herman Mackey III …
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The Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker is a military aerial refueling aircraft that was developed from the Boeing 367-80 prototype, alongside the Boeing 707 airliner.It is the predominant variant of the C-135 Stratolifter family of transport aircraft. The KC-135 was the US Air Force’s first jet-powered refueling tanker and replaced the KC-97 Stratofreighter.The KC-135 was initially tasked with …
5/3/2019 · When a Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker Exploded due to a Stupid Mistake. As reported by Shreveport Times The aircraft, KC-10 tanker tail number 82-0190, known through most of its career as “Lady Luck,” was often in the public eye as a flying ambassador and goodwill vehicle. So much so, in fact, that in January 1987 then-Secretary of the Air Force Pete Aldridge helped rename it as “Rollin …
The problem in the KC-135 tanker community was that the experience level was very low and many of their instructor pilots may have had fewer than 2,000 hours total flying time. … The aircraft impacted the ground in a steep nose low attitude with ninety-five degrees of bank and exploded . FINDING NINE: The aircraft was destroyed and all seven …
6/4/2009 · A lot happened very quickly, with the F-4 exploding after being hit and pushed by the KC-135. The F-4 was towed later that day to a revetment on Center Ramp, where it sat for the rest of the time I was TDY (till March 1970).
