Abordamos el KC-135 de la USAF, durante FAMEX 2021

Video from the channel México Aeroespacial y Defensa about FAMEX 2021 (Feria Aeroespacial México), linked on its Above Ten Thousand entry. Duration: 4:32. Language: Spanish. Video type: Onboard.

A tour of the interior of a US Air Force KC-135 tanker aircraft on display at FAMEX 2021, at Military Air Base No. 1. The reporter visits the refueling area and then the flight deck.

A crew member shows the window from which the operator controls the boom as it lowers during refueling, and explains that some models also carry hoses on the wings for probe-equipped aircraft. The cockpit shows instrumentation combining analog and digital gauges, along with the controls for the four engines. At the end, the base apron is seen from the aircraft.

According to the crew, the aircraft is based in the state of Washington and its main mission is to refuel other aircraft in flight.