Airmen from the 22nd and 722nd Maintenance Squadron worked together to swap out a KC-135 Stratotanker engine. The F108 engine is responsible for 22,000 pounds of thrust which is essential to the jet's ability to carry out the mission | McConnell Air Force Base

Always ready: McConnell maintainers swap KC-135's engine

I didn't realize the time frame when I reposted this. This flight was on April 24, 1982, a few months later, the first KC-135 was converted into an R model and flew on August 4, 1982 (they called the engine the F108-CF-100 for the CFM-56-2B1)The 737-300s didn't get them until the first flight on February 24, 1984.These engines were a game changer for the KC-135. Shown here is 61-0293, first as an A model, and then as the first KC-135R (and it was a Christine jet with the receiver refueling recep

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