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  • Phantom 109 a KC-135 ghost story

    Sioux City, Iowa -- This story is about how a ghost story led to some pretty cool nose art on a U.S. Air Force KC-135. The ghoulish nose art on tail number 58-0109 shows a boney fingered Phantom pointing as if he is claiming his next victim. The dark character is shown sitting on a KC-135 boom wing

  • UTNG KC-135 modernizing for the future

    SALT LAKE CITY – The KC-135 Stratotanker, the backbone of the U.S. Air Force’s strategic aerial refueling fleet, recently gained new capabilities that enable it to continue to carry out its mission of Global Reach and Global Power for years to come.In July 2020, the Utah Air National Guard’s 151st

  • Flying in their father's footsteps

    COLUMBUS, Ohio – Cody Notestine's phone rang. It was the call he had been waiting for: he had been selected to become a KC-135 pilot at the 121st Air Refueling Wing. Before he got off the phone, he was told the other selectee would be called in 10 minutes. His twin brother, Nick, was hoping to get

  • Luke, Arizona ANG salute Phoenix

    Luke Air Force Base and the Arizona’s Air National Guard honored Arizona front line responders with a 15-aircraft flyover today, May 1, 2020.

  • MXG Airmen enhance mobility partnerships

    Maintenance Airmen from the 92nd and 141st Air Refueling Wings gathered together for the 2017 Fall Maintenance Olympics to compete in games that focused on skills, teamwork, camaraderie and communication Oct. 13.