Boeing C-135 specs
| Manufacturer: | The Boeing Company |
| Country: |  United States of America |
| First flight: | 17 August 1956 |
| Production ended: | 1965 |
| Production total: | 820 |
| Series: | C-135A Stratolifter: Cargo/passenger variant of the KC-135A
C-135B Stratolifter: C-135A fitted with four TF-33-P-56 turbofan engines C-135F Stratotanker: Tanker variant for France similar to the KC-135A EC-135C Stratotanker: "C-135 variant for airborne command post role ""Looking Glass""" EC-135J: "KC-135B modified for airborne national command post role, ""Nightwatch""" EC-135K: KC-135A modified for deployment control duties EC-135N: "ARIA aircraft with ""Snoopy Nose""" EC-135P: KC-135A modified for airborne command post role KC-135A Stratotanker: Original KC-135 production version KC-135E Stratotanker: KC-135As re-engined with Pratt & Whitney TF-33-PW-102 engines KC-135Q Stratotanker: KC-135As modified to carry JP-7 fuel necessary for the SR-71 Blackbird, KC-135R Stratotanker: JC/KC-135As converted to Rivet Stand (Later Rivet Quick) configuration for reconnaissance NKC-135A: Test-configured KC-135A RC-135E Rivet Amber: Equipped with a large 7 MW Hughes Aircraft phased-array radar system. RC-135S Cobra Ball II: Equipped with special electro-optical instruments designed to observe ballistic missile flights RC-135S Rivet Ball: Elongated nose radome and optically flat quartz windows used for tracking cameras. RC-135T Rivet Dandy: Specific SIGINT platform RC-135V Rivet Joint: Specific SIGINT platform VC-135A: C-135A with VIP interior |
| Propulsion: | 4 jet engines |
| Maximum number of passengers: | 126 |
| Maximum take-off mass: | 124740 kg |
| ICAO Mass group: | 4 |
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