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    KC-135 Competitors

    Greetings All - I recently acquired a copy of Aerofax "Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker" by Robert Hopkins III. In the book, he notes that Lockheed "won" the competition for the KC-135 though Air Research Development Command, with Lemay's concurrence, had already ordered 29 (followed by 88 more) of...
    • Mark Nankivil
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    • 1954 1955 air research development command ardc boeing cold war douglas aircraft company early 1950s in-flight refueling tanker lockheed strategic air command tanker aircraft united states air force
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    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
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