{"id":830,"date":"2019-11-27T20:26:09","date_gmt":"2019-11-28T03:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pimaair.wpengine.com\/?post_type=museum_aircraft&#038;p=830"},"modified":"2024-11-26T11:11:05","modified_gmt":"2024-11-26T18:11:05","slug":"boeing-ec-135j","status":"publish","type":"museum_aircraft","link":"https:\/\/pimaair.org\/museum-aircraft\/boeing-ec-135j\/","title":{"rendered":"Boeing EC-135J"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Boeing EC-135J (EC-135B) Stratotanker<\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Boeing-EC-135J.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Boeing-EC-135J.jpg\" alt=\"A picture of the EC-135J Stratotanker\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Developed from the Model 367-80 airliner prototype, the KC-135 and 707 are two of Boeing\u2019s most famous products.\u00a0 The KC-135 was designed based on an Air Force requirement for a high-speed jet tanker capable of refueling the then latest generation of jet fighters and bombers.\u00a0 The KC-97s then in use required the jets to fly at very low speeds while the tanker struggled to fly as fast as possible.\u00a0 The KC-135 allowed both the tanker and the receiver aircraft to fly comfortably in the middle of their flight envelopes rather than at the edges.\u00a0 The KC-135B version of the Stratotanker was designed from the beginning as an airborne command post.\u00a0 For nearly forty years, one of these aircraft was airborne at all times to provide command and control of the United States\u2019 nuclear forces in the event of a surprise attack.\u00a0 The primary external differences between these aircraft and the standard tankers are the large number of communications antennas along the top of the fuselage and the addition of a refueling receptacle above the cockpit.\u00a0 In the mid-1960s this aircraft and two others were modified to EC-135J standards.\u00a0 Under the code name \u201cSilver Dollar\u201d, they were assigned to Andrews AFB and were intended for use by the President as his airborne command post in the event of nuclear war.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Wingspan<\/td>\n<td>130 ft 10 in.<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #2387c3;\">Wingspan<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Length<\/td>\n<td>136 ft 3 in.<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><span style=\"color: #2387c3;\"><strong>Length<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Height<\/td>\n<td>38 ft 4 in.<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><span style=\"color: #2387c3;\"><strong>Height<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Weight<\/td>\n<td>297,000 lbs (loaded)<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><span style=\"color: #2387c3;\"><strong>Weight<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Max. 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