太平洋阿拉斯加联合靶场，红旗-阿拉斯加 07-2 联合空战演习中，美国空军阿拉斯加州空中国民警卫队第168空中加油联队（168ARW）一架 KC-135R 加油机为第355战斗机中队（35FS）的 A-10 攻击机和第18战斗机中队（18FS）的 F-16 战斗机加油。（A KC-135R Stratotanker flies in formation with two F-16 Fighting Falcons from the 18th Fighter Squadron and two A-10 Warthog IIs from the 355th FS May 29 near Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska. The five aircraft assigned to Eielson AFB flew in formation for the last time due to the deactivation of the 355th FS and 18th FS. The tanker is assigned to the Alaska Air National Guard's 168th Air Refueling Wing. The KC-135R along with tankers from Grand Forks AFB, N.D., and MacDill AFB, Fla., are providing air refueling support to aircraft for the joint exercise Red Flag-Alaska, lasting through June 8.）

太平洋阿拉斯加联合靶场，红旗-阿拉斯加 07-2 联合空战演习中，美国空军阿拉斯加州空中国民警卫队第168空中加油联队（168ARW）一架 KC-135R 加油机为第355战斗机中队（355FS）二架 A-10 攻击机加油。（A KC-135R Stratotanker flies in formation with two A-10 Warthog IIs from the 355th Fighter Squadron May 29 near Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska. The three aircraft assigned to Eielson AFB flew in formation for the last time due to the deactivation of the 355th FS and 18th FS. The tanker is assigned to the Alaska Air National Guard's 168th Air Refueling Wing. The KC-135R along with tankers from Grand Forks AFB, N.D., and MacDill AFB, Fla., are providing air refueling support to aircraft for the joint exercise Red Flag-Alaska, lasting through June 8.）

美国空军一架来自北达科他州大福克斯空军基地的 KC - 135R 加油机为 F-22A“猛禽”战斗机（加利福尼亚州爱德华兹空军基地）空中加油，为即将到来的“红旗 07-2”演习做准备。（A KC-135 Stratotanker from Grand Forks Air Force Base N.D., refuels an F-22 Raptor from Edwards AFB, Calif. Jan. 18. A refueling team from Grand Forks will be the lead tanker unit at an upcoming Red Flag exercise.）

2012年11月14日，东中国海上空，美日“利剑-2013”联合军演中，美国海军 VFA-102 战斗攻击机中队的 F/A-18F 战斗机接近美国空军 KC-135R 空中加油机准备加油，美日“利剑”演习从1986年开始每两年举行一次，是美日间大规模双边演习之一。（A U.S. Navy F/A-18F Super Hornet aircraft, left, assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 102 prepares to refuel from an Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft during exercise Keen Sword 2013 over the East China Sea Nov. 14, 2012. Keen Sword is a joint/bilateral field exercise involving U.S. military and Japan Self-Defense Forces personnel. Keen Sword is held every other year and alternates years with the Keen Edge command post exercise.）

美国内华达州，红旗 07-1 联合空战演习中，美国空军 KC-135 空中加油机和四架 F-16 战斗机在内华达试验和训练靶场上空加油。(Four F-16 Fighting Falcons, fly formation alongside a KC-135 Stratotanker during refueling operations Oct. 19, 2006, during Red Flag 07-1 being held at Nellis AFB, Nev., Oct. 10-20.)

美国内华达州内利斯空军基地，红旗 13-3 联合空战演习中，美国空军三架 KC-135 空中加油准备出动。(Three U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotankers prepare to depart for a training mission during Red Flag 13-3, Feb. 25, 2013, at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. The KC-135 is a refueling aircraft utilized to extend the range and endurance of U.S. tactical fighters and bombers.)

美国佛罗里达州，美国空军 KC-135R 为前往埃格林空军基地的 F-35A 联合攻击战斗机空中加油。(Aerial photographer Liz Kaszynski captured photos of an F-35 aerial refuel en route to Eglin AFB, Florida in 2010.)

卡塔尔多哈乌代德空军基地，美国空军少校吉纳·费多鲁克（左）和中尉马塞尔·特洛特驾驶 KC-135R 空中加油机在跑道上滑跑，准备升空进行战斗夜航，为空袭叙利亚境内“伊斯兰国”极端宗教组织的联军战机提供支持。（U.S. Air Force Maj. Gena Fedoruk and 1st Lt. Marcel Trott take off from in a KC-135 Stratotanker from a base in the U.S. Central Command Area of Responsibility in support of a mission to conduct airstrikes in Syria, Sept. 23, 2014. Multiple KC-135 Stratotankers were part of a large coalition strike package that was the first to strike ISIL targets in Syria.）

卡塔尔多哈乌代德空军基地，美国空军第340远征空中加油中队一架 KC-135R 空中加油机进行飞行前检查，准备为首次空袭在叙利亚境内的“伊斯兰国”极端宗教组织目标提供支持。（An Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker from the 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron, receives pre-flight checks before taking off from a base in the U.S. Central Command Area of Responsibility in support of a mission to conduct air strikes in Syria, Sept. 23, 2014. Multiple KC-135 Stratotankers were part of a large coalition strike package that was the first to strike ISIL targets in Syria.）

美国堪萨斯州，美国空军第22空中加油机联队一架 KC-135R 空中加油机在麦康奈尔空军基地进行当面检查。（A KC-135 Stratotanker taxis into a parking space at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., May 20, 2013. The aircraft was operated by an aircrew from the Air Force Reserve 931st Air Refueling Group. Members of the Group returned home following a deployment to southwest Asia, where they had spent two months conducted air refueling mission in support of ongoing U.S. overseas operations. The KC-135 Stratotanker provides the core aerial refueling capability for the U.S. Air Force, and has been performing in this role for more than 50 years.）