Strategic Air Command Gets Its First KC135, Castle Air Force Base, California

Description

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE OFFICE OF PUBLIC INFORMATION THE PENTAGON, WASHINGTON 25 D.C. - LIBERTY 5-6700 (A) Release No. 103-57 Footage: 145° (16mm) RADIO - TV BRANCH, TELEVISION SECTION PICTORIAL BRANCH, NEWSREEL SECTION ROOM 2E-791 EXT. 72902 75061or release 28 June 195 ROOM 2D-780A EXT. 75111 DUPE NEGATIVE TO: STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND FINE GRAIN TO: GETS ITS FIRST KC-135 (Official Air Force footage released by Dept. of Defense) The first Boeing KC-135 Jet Stratotanker to be placed in operational service with the Strategic Air Command is delivered to the 93rd Air Refueling Squedron, Castle Air Force Base, Califor where flight and maintenance crew training courses will be con- ducted for SAC personnel. The KC-135, first jet tanker-transport model to be ordered by the Us S. Air Force, will greatly increase the range and mobility of SAC 's B=52 wings. Powered by four Pratt & Whitney J57 turbojet engines, the new tanker is capable of flying at speeds of more then 600 miles per hour and at altitudes above 35,000 feet, thus provid- ing the B=52's aeriel refueling service at their own operational speeds and altitudes. The KC-135 is equipped with a telescoping Flying Boom that is extremely streamlined as compared to the boom used on the KC-97, the airplane it will replace as the Air Force's standard aerial tanker Aerial refueling equipment is entirely on the lower deck of the plane leaving the upper deck completely clear for cargo or troop-carrying services. The new Boeing can accommodate 80 passengers on 25 tons of cargo, or a combination of both. Sequences show: (get Tarker Transport) (a) Boeing KC-135 Jet Stratotanker flight. (b) The boom of the KC-135 is extended (c) B-52 being refueled while in flight. Tjeed ah (d) Breaking away (e) Low angle of KC-135. 1/29/58 NOTE TO EDITORS: 1-16mm print handed out in Washington to TELENEWS After servicing TV pool members, please return print to Army Pictor: Center, 35-11 35th Avenue, Long Island City 1, New York. 1-16mm print handed out in Washington to Fox-Movietone. After servicing Theatrical pool, Fox to return print to DeLuxe Laboratori NOTE TO EDITORS: PLEASE CREDIT DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE IN TITLE OR COMMENTARY The fine grain master positive, released to the company designated above, is for duplication and distribu- tion to interested TV and Newsreel pool members. It is then to be returned within 7 days to the Film Library, Army Pictorial Center, 35-11 35th Avenue, Long Island City 1, New York. The master positive must not be cut `y manner. dupe negative is also for release to the company designated above for distribution to pool members so ng for duplication purposes. Within 24 hours it will be delivered to DeLuxe Laboratories, 850 Tenth de New York, N. Y., telephone Circle 7-3220 where it will be available to non-pool members and other authorized organizations which make satisfactory financial arrangements with DeLuxe Laboratories. The DUPE NEGATIVES must not be cut in any manner. B-30102

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Filmed News Releases