Actually, the KC135 is not a 707 nor is it comparable. The KC135 is a 367-80 airframe, I know this to be fact because I work on the E-8C Joint STARS which is (and I'm not lying) a converted Boeing 707-320C aircraft. The KC-135 is some what similar but not a 707. In fact I fight with the KC135 Aero Repair guys all the time on this all the time. But yes, even on the E-8 we have seal problems... then again we have problems with some aircraft not being "true" in flight (that means the airframe is twisted and torqued). But that's what happens when you take an airframe out of bone yards and from other airline carriers and modify the living hell out of it!

(Written on 2014/01/16)(Permalink)