红旗 15-4 联合空战演习，美国空军 KC-135E 在内利斯空军基地进行飞行前检查。（Two maintainers assigned to the 22nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., wait for the aircrew of a KC-135 Stratotanker to finish pre-flight inspections prior to a Red Flag 15-4 sortie at Nellis AFB, Nev., Aug. 25, 2015. Red Flag is a realistic combat training exercise involving the air, space and cyber forces of the U.S. and its allies, and is conducted on the vast bombing and gunnery ranges on the Nevada Test and Training Range during day and night operations.）

红旗 15-4 联合空战演习，美国空军 KC-135E 在内利斯空军基地进行飞行前检查。（Two maintainers assigned to the 22nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., wait for the aircrew of a KC-135 Stratotanker to finish pre-flight inspections prior to a Red Flag 15-4 sortie at Nellis AFB, Nev., Aug. 25, 2015. Red Flag involves a variety of attack, fighter, bomber, reconnaissance, electronic warfare, airlift support and search and rescue aircraft.）

北部边缘-2015 联合演习中，美国空军第507空中加油联队（507ARW）的 KC-135E 空中加油机正在艾尔森空军基地降落。这是“北部边缘”演习4年之后再度举行，2013年由于财政紧缩停办了一届。（A U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker, assigned to the 507th Air Refueling Wing, Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., lands at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, June 18, 2015, following a training mission during Exercise Northern Edge 2015. Northern Edge is Alaska’s premier joint training exercise designed to practice operations, techniques and procedures as well as enhance interoperability among the services. Thousands of Airmen, Soldiers, Sailors, Marines and Coast Guardsmen from active duty, Reserve and National Guard units are involved.）

美国空军伊利诺伊州空中国民警卫队 KC-135E 空中加油机从阿拉斯加州艾尔森空军基地起飞以支持“北部边缘-2004”联合演习。（Contrails and water vapor appear on the wings of an US Air Force (USAF) KC-135E Stratotanker air-to-air refueling aircraft from the Illinois Air National Guard (ILANG) as it takes off from Eielson Air Force Base (AFB), Alaska (AK), in support of Exercise Northern Edge 04.）

科威特上空，美国空军 KC-135E 加油机在“冲击行动”中为 E-3 预警机加油，冲击行动是加拿大对伊拉克伊斯兰国和地中海东部地区军事干预的代号，行动自2014年9月4日开始。（A KC-135E Stratotanker refuels an E-3 AWACS during Operation IMPACT, on February 2, 2015.）

美国内华达州内利斯空军基地，红旗 14-1 联合空战演习中，美国空军第92空中加油联队一架 KC-135E 空中加油机正在起飞。(A KC-135 Stratotanker assigned to the 92nd Air Refueling Wing at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash., takes off during Red Flag 14-1 Jan. 28, 2014, at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. Red Flag is hosted by the 414th Combat Training Squadron. In a typical Red Flag exercise, friendly blue forces engage hostile red forces in realistic combat situations in air, space and cyberspace.)