2015年12月29日，北约“坚决支持”行动，美国空军 KC-135R 加油机在阿富汗支援联军战机。（A U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker flies over Afghanistan in support of Resolute Support, Dec. 29, 2015.）

2015年11月23日，卡塔尔乌代德空军基地，坚定决心行动，美国空军第340远征空中加油中队 KC-135R 加油机夜间降落时的驾驶舱视角。（(Left) U.S. Air Force Capt. Mark Costa and Maj. Joseph Corpening fly a KC-135T Stratotanker, assigned to the 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron, over Southwest Asia, Nov. 23, 2015. Costa and Corpening are pilots deployed out of the 157th Air Refueling Wing in New Hampshire. Coalition forces fly daily missions in support of Operation Inherent Resolve.）

2015年11月23日，卡塔尔，坚定决心行动，美国空军第340远征空中加油中队的 KC-135R 加油机在夜间支援联军战机。（(Left) U.S. Air Force Capt. Mark Costa and Maj. Joseph Corpening fly a KC-135T Stratotanker, assigned to the 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron, over Southwest Asia, Nov. 23, 2015. Costa and Corpening are pilots deployed out of the 157th Air Refueling Wing in New Hampshire. Coalition forces fly daily missions in support of Operation Inherent Resolve.）

2016年1月8日，坚定决心行动，美国空军第340远征空中加油中队的 KC-135R 加油机在伊拉克上空支援联军战机。（U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker pilots from the 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron fly over Iraq in support of Operation Inherent Resolve, Jan. 8, 2016. OIR is the coalition intervention against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.）

2015年10月22日，北约“三叉戟接点-15”联合演习中，美国空军第351空中加油中队（351ARS）一架 KC-135R 返回马洛卡岛帕尔马机场途中驾驶舱视角。这次演习是北约近20年来最大规模军演，于10月19日在地中海展开，为期5周，30个北约成员国、约3.6万人、230个军事单位参演。（U.S. Air Force Capt. JohnMichael Ayers, 351st Air Refueling Squadron pilot, and U.S. Air Force Capt. Brian Dunn, 351st ARS pilot, prepare a KC-135 Stratotanker for flight back to Son San Juan Air Base, Spain, Oct. 22, 2015, over Spain. The crew refueled F-16 Fighting Falcons from Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, and a C-130 Hercules from RAF Mildenhall, England, as part of Exercise Trident Juncture.）

美国空军第100空中加油机联队（100ARW，英国米尔登霍尔空军基地）一架 KC-135R 在训练中给 F-22A“猛禽”战斗机加油，在一旁伴飞的是来自德国斯潘达勒姆空军基地第408战斗机中队的 F-16CM。这是“猛禽”首次部署欧洲期间进行的例行训练中的一次。（U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcons from the 408th Fighter Squadron, Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, and an F-22 Raptor from the 95th Fighter Squadron, Tyndall AFB, Fla., conduct aerial refueling with a KC-135 Stratotanker from the 100th Air Refueling Wing, RAF Mildenhall Air Base, England, during a training sortie Sept. 9, 2015, over the United Kingdom. The U.S Air Force has deployed four F-22 Raptors, one C-17 Globemaster III, approximately 60 Airmen and associated equipment to Spangdahlem. While these aircraft and Airmen are in Europe, they will conduct air training with other Europe-based aircraft.）

美国空军第100空中加油机联队（100ARW，英国米尔登霍尔空军基地）一架 KC-135R 在训练中给 F-22A“猛禽”战斗机加油，在一旁伴飞的是来自德国斯潘达勒姆空军基地第408战斗机中队的 F-16。这是“猛禽”首次部署欧洲期间进行的例行训练中的一次。（U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcons from the 408th Fighter Squadron, Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany and a F-22 Raptor from the 95th Fighter Squadron, Tyndall AFB, Fla., conduct aerial refueling with a KC-135 Stratotanker from the 100th Air Refueling Wing, RAF Mildenhall Air Base, England during a training sortie Sept. 9, 2015, over the United Kingdom. The U.S Air Force has deployed four F-22 Raptors, one C-17 Globemaster III, approximately 60 Airmen and associated equipment to Spangdahlem. While these aircraft and Airmen are in Europe, they will conduct air training with other Europe-based aircraft.）

准备参加“2015-澳大利亚国际航空展”的美国空军夏威夷空中国民警卫队第154联队（珍珠港希卡姆联合基地，154WG）一架 KC-135R 空中加油机抵达阿瓦隆机场。澳大利亚航展始于1993年，每两年举办一次，本届航展自2015年2月24日开始至3月1日在墨尔本市西南部的阿瓦隆机场举行。（The KC-135 Stratotanker assigned to the 154th Wing at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, arrives at Avalon Airport, Victoria, Australia, in preparation for the 2015 Australian International Airshow and Aerospace & Defence Exposition, Feb. 22, 2015. The U.S. participates in the Australian International Airshow and other similar events to demonstrate the U.S. focus on regional security and stability and support the rebalance to the Asia-Pacific region.）

红旗-阿拉斯加 15-3 联合空战演习期间，美国空军第22空中加油联队（22ARW）一架 KC-135R 加油机从阿拉斯加州埃尔门多夫-理查森联合基地出动。（A U.S. Air Force KC-135R stratotanker assigned to the 22nd Air Refueling Wing, McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., takes off from Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, Aug. 10, 2015, during Red Flag-Alaska (RF-A) 15-3. RF-A is a series of Pacific Air Forces commander-directed field training exercises for U.S. and partner nation forces, providing combined offensive counter-air, interdiction, close air support and large force employment training in a simulated combat environment.）

北部边缘-2008 联合演习中，阿拉斯加山脉上空，美国空军第909空中加油中队（909ARS）一架 KC-135R 加油机给第65入侵者中队（65FS）的 F-15C/D 战斗机加油。（Over the Yukon River, Alaska -- Three F-15 Eagles from Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada's 65th Aggressors Squadron receives fuel from the 909th Air Refueling Squadron, from Kadena Air Force Base, Japan while flying over the Upper Yukon area of the interior of Alaska. The aircraft, along with over 120 others, are in Alaska as part of the Northern Edge 08. NE08 is a joint training exercise that provides effective, flexible and capabilities-centered joint forces ready for deployment worldwide and enables real world proficiency in detections and tracking of units at sea, in the air, and on land in response to multiple crises. Over 5,000 service members and 120 aircraft are involved in the exercise that is schedule for May 5 – 16.）