KC-135Rs from Tinker AFB to receive Block 45 modifications next year

KC-135Rs assigned to the 507th Air Refueling Wing are slated to be the first Air Force Reserve Command tankers to be retrofitted with the new KC-135 Block 45 upgrade starting in February 2016.

U.S. Air Force Photo/Maj. Jon Quinlan

Aircraft once upgraded at Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex will have a new glass cockpit featuring LCD panels, a new radio altimeter, new auto pilot, new digital flight director and other computer module updates.

The upgrades are necessary as some components are no longer manufactured for the legacy aerial tanker.

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