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Sun Tzu · 01-20-2004, 04:35 AM

KC-135 Stratotanker

General Characteristics
Primary Function: Aerial refueling and airlift
Prime Contractor: The Boeing Company
Power Plant: KC-135R/T, CFM International CFM-56 turbofan engines; KC-135E, Pratt and Whitney TF-33-PW-102 turbofan engines
Thrust: KC-135R, 21,634 pounds each engine; KC-135E, 18,000 pounds each engine
Wingspan: 130 feet, 10 inches (39.88 meters)
Length: 136 feet, 3 inches (41.53 meters)
Height: 41 feet, 8 inches (12.7 meters)
Speed: 530 miles per hour at 30,000 feet (9,144 meters)
Ceiling: 50,000 feet (15,240 meters)
Range: 1,500 miles (2,419 kilometers) with 150,000 pounds (68,039 kilograms) of transfer fuel; ferry mission, up to 11,015 miles (17,766 kilometers)
Maximum Takeoff Weight: 322,500 pounds (146,285 kilograms)
Maximum Transfer Fuel Load: 200,000 pounds (90,719 kilograms)
Maximum Cargo Capability: 83,000 pounds (37,648 kilograms), 37 passengers
Pallet Positions: 6
Crew: Four: pilot, co-pilot, navigator, boom operator. Aircraft equipped with PACER CRAG do not have a navigator on most missions. The Air Force procured a limited number of navigator suites that can be installed for unique missions.
The KC-135 Stratotanker's principal mission is air refueling. This unique asset greatly enhances the USAF's capability to accomplish its primary missions of Global Reach and Global Power. It also provides aerial refueling support to Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps aircraft as well as aircraft of allied nations.
Four turbofans, mounted under 35-degree swept wings, power the KC-135 to takeoffs at gross weights up to 322,500 pounds (146,285 kilograms). Nearly all internal fuel can be pumped through the tanker's flying boom, the KC-135 's primary fuel transfer method. A special shuttlecock-shaped drogue, attached to and trailing behind the flying boom, may be used to refuel aircraft fitted with probes. An operator stationed in the rear of the plane controls the boom. A cargo deck above the refueling system can hold a mixed load of passengers and cargo. Depending on fuel storage configuration, the KC-135 can carry up to 83,000 pounds (37,648 kilograms) of cargo.
In Southeast Asia, KC-135 Stratotankers made the air war different from all previous aerial conflicts. Midair refueling brought far-flung bombing targets within reach. Combat aircraft, no longer limited by fuel supplies, were able to spend more time in target areas.
AMC manages more than 546 total aircraft inventory Stratotankers, of which the Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard fly 292 of those in support of AMC's mission.
The Boeing Company's model 367-80 was the basic design for the commercial 707 passenger plane as well as the KC-135A Stratotanker. In 1954 the Air Force purchased the first 29 of its future 732-plane fleet. The first aircraft flew in August 1956 and the initial production Stratotanker was delivered to Castle Air Force Base, Calif., in June 1957. The last KC-135 was delivered to the Air Force in 1965.
Of the original KC-135A's, more than 410 have been modified with new CFM-56 engines produced by CFM-International. The re-engined tanker, designated either the KC-135R or KC-135T, can offload 50 percent more fuel, is 25 percent more fuel efficient, costs 25 percent less to operate and is 96 percent quieter than the KC-135A.
Under another modification program, 157 Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard tankers were re-engined with the TF-33-PW-102 engines. The re-engined tanker, designated the KC-135E, is 14 percent more fuel efficient than the KC-135A and can offload 20 percent more fuel.
Through the years, the KC-135 has been altered to do other jobs ranging from flying command post missions to reconnaissance. The EC-135C is U.S. Strategic Command's flying command post. One EC-135C is always on alert, ready to take to the air and control bombers and missiles if ground control is lost. RC-135s are used for special reconnaissance and Air Force Material Command's NKC-135A's are flown in test programs. The Air Combat Command operates the OC-135 as an observation platform in compliance with the Open Skies Treaty.
Over the next few years, the aircraft will undergo upgrades to expand its capabilities and improve its reliability. Among these are improved communications, navigation and surveillance equipment to meet future civil air traffic control needs.

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Im not an aeronautical engineer so my perspective is uneducated in aircraft design and modification, but such purposes (what your question is) would seem easy to do. Ofcourse having up public viewing access to such modified aircraft would end the mystery, but it would also expose a huge lie.

Heres a couple of images that seem puzzling, and again Im not claiming to state what is fact here or attempt to educate anyone, because I dont know myself. In what Ive seen in the past trails that follow aircraft that are what Ive always cosidered "normal" follow the engine specifically, expanding slightly, and disappearing. I understand (or for the most part) the science of why the trails linger relating to elements of humidity, alttitude, etc, but what about days that the elements arent at conditions that could support the normal linger of ice encapsulated ion dust particles, but yet they're still there.

This is whats suppose to be the explanation of the trails. Vapors into ice crystals. I admit to really needing to study the science of it more, because even though this is suppose to be normal, Ive seen so many without the trails in similiar conditions that an offshoot of slight altitude variation makes all the difference is still amazing to me.

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This is puzzling.

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Heres some with the trails covering the entire wingspan. SItuational speed with alttitude variances? Theres thing that dont seem to add up. Look at the first one with the segmented trail. Looks something like what a spray would do if sputtered off than exhaust?

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At first glance it appears this would have been simply "photochopped"; the break is so blatent it looks unreal with its given perspective. Im sure thats the reason the close up was put along side it to show the pixels havent been manipulated.

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Interesting pattern off shore in airspace that isnt used in the manner the trails suggest. That doesnt say much though because outside of air traffic controllers the general public wont know outside what they say. Reports however do come in from smaller airstrips about abnormal traffic routes.

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I will dig for some pictures I took of different times I've found web like substances after heavy days. I was always wondering where all the spiders were at.

A really bad case was documented in the town I grew up in
www.mysteriousearth.com/archives/000097.html

I will try and find images I saved when first hearing about that. Strangely I cant seem to find them on the net anymore.

What I find most disturbing is the patent the Hughes company has with the airforce especially with the web substance. Testing different degrees of particle breakdown?
http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-P...r=0&p=1&f=S&l=

Sorry about the above link; I cant make it take you straight there for some reason. Once at the main page look up patent 4,791,076. There are four more patents with it all with compounds that are being found in collection samples.

Can anyone get this link to work for them?
http://www.au.af.mil/au/database/res...csc/9025ag.htm

Heres something of interest
These links are screwed:

Go to google and type in hr2977 congress

go to the first link

I wonder why it only exsists as a cache now. As I understand the 2002 version has the magic word taken out. I went to the Congress website to get an updated version; now its a bill about highway stations for infant waste. Does this strike anyone as odd? Are bills changed to that degree as referencing numbers? Does anyone know the current preservation acts number?

01-20-2004, 04:35 AM	#24 (permalink)
Sun Tzu Conspiracy Realist Location: The Event Horizon	KC-135 Stratotanker General Characteristics Primary Function: Aerial refueling and airlift Prime Contractor: The Boeing Company Power Plant: KC-135R/T, CFM International CFM-56 turbofan engines; KC-135E, Pratt and Whitney TF-33-PW-102 turbofan engines Thrust: KC-135R, 21,634 pounds each engine; KC-135E, 18,000 pounds each engine Wingspan: 130 feet, 10 inches (39.88 meters) Length: 136 feet, 3 inches (41.53 meters) Height: 41 feet, 8 inches (12.7 meters) Speed: 530 miles per hour at 30,000 feet (9,144 meters) Ceiling: 50,000 feet (15,240 meters) Range: 1,500 miles (2,419 kilometers) with 150,000 pounds (68,039 kilograms) of transfer fuel; ferry mission, up to 11,015 miles (17,766 kilometers) Maximum Takeoff Weight: 322,500 pounds (146,285 kilograms) Maximum Transfer Fuel Load: 200,000 pounds (90,719 kilograms) Maximum Cargo Capability: 83,000 pounds (37,648 kilograms), 37 passengers Pallet Positions: 6 Crew: Four: pilot, co-pilot, navigator, boom operator. Aircraft equipped with PACER CRAG do not have a navigator on most missions. The Air Force procured a limited number of navigator suites that can be installed for unique missions. The KC-135 Stratotanker's principal mission is air refueling. This unique asset greatly enhances the USAF's capability to accomplish its primary missions of Global Reach and Global Power. It also provides aerial refueling support to Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps aircraft as well as aircraft of allied nations. Four turbofans, mounted under 35-degree swept wings, power the KC-135 to takeoffs at gross weights up to 322,500 pounds (146,285 kilograms). Nearly all internal fuel can be pumped through the tanker's flying boom, the KC-135 's primary fuel transfer method. A special shuttlecock-shaped drogue, attached to and trailing behind the flying boom, may be used to refuel aircraft fitted with probes. An operator stationed in the rear of the plane controls the boom. A cargo deck above the refueling system can hold a mixed load of passengers and cargo. Depending on fuel storage configuration, the KC-135 can carry up to 83,000 pounds (37,648 kilograms) of cargo. In Southeast Asia, KC-135 Stratotankers made the air war different from all previous aerial conflicts. Midair refueling brought far-flung bombing targets within reach. Combat aircraft, no longer limited by fuel supplies, were able to spend more time in target areas. AMC manages more than 546 total aircraft inventory Stratotankers, of which the Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard fly 292 of those in support of AMC's mission. The Boeing Company's model 367-80 was the basic design for the commercial 707 passenger plane as well as the KC-135A Stratotanker. In 1954 the Air Force purchased the first 29 of its future 732-plane fleet. The first aircraft flew in August 1956 and the initial production Stratotanker was delivered to Castle Air Force Base, Calif., in June 1957. The last KC-135 was delivered to the Air Force in 1965. Of the original KC-135A's, more than 410 have been modified with new CFM-56 engines produced by CFM-International. The re-engined tanker, designated either the KC-135R or KC-135T, can offload 50 percent more fuel, is 25 percent more fuel efficient, costs 25 percent less to operate and is 96 percent quieter than the KC-135A. Under another modification program, 157 Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard tankers were re-engined with the TF-33-PW-102 engines. The re-engined tanker, designated the KC-135E, is 14 percent more fuel efficient than the KC-135A and can offload 20 percent more fuel. Through the years, the KC-135 has been altered to do other jobs ranging from flying command post missions to reconnaissance. The EC-135C is U.S. Strategic Command's flying command post. One EC-135C is always on alert, ready to take to the air and control bombers and missiles if ground control is lost. RC-135s are used for special reconnaissance and Air Force Material Command's NKC-135A's are flown in test programs. The Air Combat Command operates the OC-135 as an observation platform in compliance with the Open Skies Treaty. Over the next few years, the aircraft will undergo upgrades to expand its capabilities and improve its reliability. Among these are improved communications, navigation and surveillance equipment to meet future civil air traffic control needs. [IMG]http://groups.msn.com/_Secure/0QwDYAvoTp5k0kUP8JJRnFOw8s6ntbwk!zEpC6CjV3OcdkAwApiKD0xZUK4IoVE1Tmur8odvvZi1DhS58c5!v8O!aqf9wDel3LB7MsttX14/kc-135.jpg?dc=4675456339368862654[/IMG] [IMG]http://groups.msn.com/_Secure/0UQADA1sYcuO2o6feXE7eWsVQHs!UVJX0W!YBG6SBYvomx69S79xqHd6Zc4giJsHez2HniSaodV5POCjUjqV6BpjmE1J4cmK0RSpB2RT12TrrZp!dSsR2OgVmjv39mz/avalon-kc135-576x432.jpg?dc=4675456338798082179[/IMG] Im not an aeronautical engineer so my perspective is uneducated in aircraft design and modification, but such purposes (what your question is) would seem easy to do. Ofcourse having up public viewing access to such modified aircraft would end the mystery, but it would also expose a huge lie. Heres a couple of images that seem puzzling, and again Im not claiming to state what is fact here or attempt to educate anyone, because I dont know myself. In what Ive seen in the past trails that follow aircraft that are what Ive always cosidered "normal" follow the engine specifically, expanding slightly, and disappearing. I understand (or for the most part) the science of why the trails linger relating to elements of humidity, alttitude, etc, but what about days that the elements arent at conditions that could support the normal linger of ice encapsulated ion dust particles, but yet they're still there. This is whats suppose to be the explanation of the trails. Vapors into ice crystals. I admit to really needing to study the science of it more, because even though this is suppose to be normal, Ive seen so many without the trails in similiar conditions that an offshoot of slight altitude variation makes all the difference is still amazing to me. [IMG]http://groups.msn.com/_Secure/0QAAAAJwTfH6tL0uEq7lbfzF1TqWStUL0AbykknDAU!ttyLP4Y3RaqlhrvEQdi5fu8s0NT23kg4c6uIWAq0FlSGidY9fRFotAAAAAAAAAAA/afo.jpg?dc=4675456333207864098[/IMG] This is puzzling. [IMG]http://groups.msn.com/_Secure/0RQBBA58UxsKijK7TozdigCZn7EICf0bAEicfuShjwvPCzYoYU7e86G4Zcc8AuLJKq4XNaCsYbP82rSNkWgWRofq92xnpKu4Wutyng8N8/1059-img.jpg?dc=4675456338637911714[/IMG] Heres some with the trails covering the entire wingspan. SItuational speed with alttitude variances? Theres thing that dont seem to add up. Look at the first one with the segmented trail. Looks something like what a spray would do if sputtered off than exhaust? [IMG]http://groups.msn.com/_Secure/0QwDOApUUGb!6HPEypGkj7KiWrhRTjbSU42uUMvjIx4jITUcrhTrAFEBZOLB7niZ0a9qASz3a32uqZDSprwCAtbvrxsNlMQWdTgunLU6IE0/mega1d.jpg?dc=4675456338901007094[/IMG] [IMG]http://groups.msn.com/_Secure/0WwAsA0kb2uED7ZPZN6N7KXyCNIwNeHHfaVHEgGWuRvDywFw4yUrpSthW7UgIL6aoWnziukK4zL4WcxQqqTPIMaRiWw0QFWYC3pC7Jy2ffTaw91ikhYuSm8iyPgcIbS2uo!gHoFgaY/Sprayplane%2520010705%2520copy.jpg?dc=4675456339025879291[/IMG] At first glance it appears this would have been simply "photochopped"; the break is so blatent it looks unreal with its given perspective. Im sure thats the reason the close up was put along side it to show the pixels havent been manipulated. [IMG]http://groups.msn.com/_Secure/0RAAsA2oUbbTzuKWNBVcfCWx3Nz2OtGc!0flJe2JpB3GG2!jOCbRkn01z7oPNk9e1LvRuIO2tjPNnOPggIguRAq4!3XY1BuptPFMiKnBz5o/118-img.jpg?dc=4675456339505219912[/IMG] Interesting pattern off shore in airspace that isnt used in the manner the trails suggest. That doesnt say much though because outside of air traffic controllers the general public wont know outside what they say. Reports however do come in from smaller airstrips about abnormal traffic routes. [IMG]http://groups.msn.com/_Secure/0YADYAoEcIGI5k0GX5NrLFRxoFWpH11xUB2Fxp5kOpDBp1o06MAxAzfr0Ia0ykCvObwWvk2rzh29h7vs3MwPAJTdqeFIP0ANbNgf7wihOFBnwxsijscoTehg4thIYmOl3PIjx2NSm6cl0CTW96aQ/Pacific%2520Chemtrails,%25207-24-01.jpg?dc=4675456339628055976[/IMG] I will dig for some pictures I took of different times I've found web like substances after heavy days. I was always wondering where all the spiders were at. A really bad case was documented in the town I grew up in www.mysteriousearth.com/archives/000097.html I will try and find images I saved when first hearing about that. Strangely I cant seem to find them on the net anymore. What I find most disturbing is the patent the Hughes company has with the airforce especially with the web substance. Testing different degrees of particle breakdown? http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-P...r=0&p=1&f=S&l= Sorry about the above link; I cant make it take you straight there for some reason. Once at the main page look up patent 4,791,076. There are four more patents with it all with compounds that are being found in collection samples. Can anyone get this link to work for them? http://www.au.af.mil/au/database/res...csc/9025ag.htm Heres something of interest These links are screwed: Go to google and type in hr2977 congress go to the first link I wonder why it only exsists as a cache now. As I understand the 2002 version has the magic word taken out. I went to the Congress website to get an updated version; now its a bill about highway stations for infant waste. Does this strike anyone as odd? Are bills changed to that degree as referencing numbers? Does anyone know the current preservation acts number? __________________ *To confine our attention to terrestrial matters would be to limit the human spirit.- Stephen Hawking* Last edited by Sun Tzu; 01-20-2004 at 11:29 AM..