This document compares two air refueling tankers, the Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker and the McDonnell Douglas KC-10 Extender. Both planes have extendable refueling booms and can refuel other aircraft mid-air, but the Stratotanker has a low swept wing and 4 jet engines while the Extender has 3 jet engines and a rear engine straight through design.

1. Stratotanker, Extender
Section 1
Tankers
Lesson 2
487 (Kingstanding & Perry Barr) Squadron

2. comparison
KC-135 Stratotanker
KC-10 Extender

3. Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker
Extendable refuelling boom

4. Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker
Low swept wing, 4 fan jet engines

5. Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker

6. McDonnell Douglas KC-10 Extender
3 fan jet engines

7. McDonnell Douglas KC-10 Extender
Extendable refuelling boom

8. McDonnell Douglas KC-10 Extender
Rear engine straight through

9. test
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11. 1. Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker

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13. 5. McDonnell Douglas KC-10 Extender

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15. 3. Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker

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17. 4. McDonnell Douglas KC-10 Extender

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19. 5. Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker

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21. 6. McDonnell Douglas KC-10 Extender

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23. 7. Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker

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25. 8. Joker (Tristar)

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