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USAF KC-135R Stratotanker aircraft in South Africa to enhance partnership

Sarah Lesedi by Sarah Lesedi
January 28, 2023
in Aerospace
Reading Time: 2 mins read
Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker ‘23563’
c/n 18546, l/n 614.

Original US military serial 62-3563.

Now operated by 101 Filo, Turkish Air Force and based at Incirlik.

Returning from a mission as part of Red Flag 16-2.

Nellis AFB, NV, USA. 

Photograph by Alan Wilson

Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker ‘23563’ c/n 18546, l/n 614. Original US military serial 62-3563. Now operated by 101 Filo, Turkish Air Force and based at Incirlik. Returning from a mission as part of Red Flag 16-2. Nellis AFB, NV, USA. Photograph by Alan Wilson

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Two United State’s Air Force (USAF) Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker aircraft, one from the 6th Air Refueling Wing (6th ARW) at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida made a brief stop in Cape Town on Wednesday 25 January as part of an endurance mission.

The two Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker aircraft, one from the 6th Air Refueling Wing (6th ARW) at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, and Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, are on a 32 200 km endurance mission across the Southern Hemisphere, under the title of “Delivering Hope, Projecting Lethality.”

This, according to the 6th ARW Public Affairs Office, is to demonstrate the global reach capability of the USAF while also enhancing partnerships with numerous countries in the Southern Hemisphere over a seven-day trip around the world.

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According to South Africa’s defenceWeb, the trip will take the two tankers to South America (Brazil was visited on 23 January), Africa (Cape Town), Australia (Perth) and the Indo-Pacific before returning to their respective stations.

Whilst KC-135R crews routinely circumnavigate the world, it is usually in the Northern Hemisphere. However, this operation is more than circumnavigating the Southern Hemisphere.

Both tankers are more than 60 years old and are from two different bases separated by the entire continental United States, adding an additional layer of complexity that future high-end fights will present.

“We are in the business of delivering hope and projecting lethality around the world, anytime, anywhere,” said Colonel Adam Bingham, 6th Air Refueling Wing commander. “We’re ensuring we have the right operational capabilities to bolster deterrence and maintain competitive advantage for the US and our allies and partners across the globe.”

The KC-135R Stratotanker aerial refueling tanjers will be replaced with the newer Boeing KC-46 Pegasus. The USAF intends to procure 179 Pegasus aircraft by 2027.

Meanwhile, a USAF P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft is in Lagos, Nigeria to participate in the Obangame Express 2023 maritime exercise.

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