IN FOCUS Bone dry A U.S. Air Force B-1 bomber, right, gases up from a Boeing KC-135R tanker during a training mission over New Mexico last year. The tanker was from the 97th Air Mobility Wing at Altus Air Force Base, Okla., and the B-1 from the 7th Bomb Wing at Dyess AFB, Texas. Boeing is manufacturing a next-generation tanker based on its 767 to replace aging KC-135s operated by the U.S. Air Force. The B-1 (B-One) was designed and built by Rockwell International’s aerospace operations, which joined Boeing in 1996, and is affectionately known by its aircrews as the “Bone.” To download this image as a wallpaper for your computer screen, visit www.boeing.com/frontiers/downloads. PHOTO: JIM HASELTINE/HIGH-G PRODUCTIONS 54 BEOING FRONTIERS / OCTOBER 2013
Frontiers October 2013 Issue
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