| Photo ID | 7242 |
| Airline | United States Air Force |
| Aircraft | Boeing KC-135-R Stratotanker
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| RegNo | 63-7980 |
| Location | United Kingdom, Fairford
RAF Fairford (FFD / EGVA) |
| Photographer | Ian T Powell |
| Date | 19/7/2009 |
| Remarks | Speckled Trout is the official name of a combined SAF/CSAF support mission and concurrent test mission. The Speckled Trout aircraft was originally a C-135C, AF Ser. No. 61-2669, acquired in 1974 and retired tt on 13 Jan 2006. An interim aircraft was in use for the Speckled Trout mission until the 2008 delivery of the current aircraft, a modified KC-135R Stratotanker with a more modern communications architecture testbed. The current KC-135R Speckled Trout also supports additional tests and air refueling requirements that the C-135C could not. |
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