Ohio Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman Wendy Kuhn, 02MAR2015.
Ohio Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman Wendy Kuhn, 04MAR2015.
Every five years, KC-135 Stratotankers undergo depot maintenance by the 564th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma.
Ohio Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman Wendy Kuhn, 04MAR2015.
The process includes stripping off an aircraft’s paint, removing the engines, dropping the boom, removing and replacing deficient parts, and any upgrades as necessary. It takes an average of 125 days.
USAF photo by Kelly White, 28APR2015.
Video, part one KC-135R depot work:
U.S. Air Force photo by Airman First Class Kiaundra Miller, 23NOV2019.
Tennessee Air National Guard photo by Master Sergeant Kendra Owenby, 19JAN2017.
Video, part two KC-135R depot work (no audio on slo-mo parts of the video):
Tennessee Air National Guard photo by Master Sergeant Kendra Owenby, 19JAN2017.
Video, part three KC-135R depot work:
BARE METAL: 
NASA’S MD-11 EXPERIMENTAL
C-130 PAINT PREP, OR THE EMPEROR GETS SOME NEW CLOTHES
