KC-135 Stratotanker #60-0345 sports a new checkerboard-design stripe, the 127th Wing shield and related detailing at Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Mich., Dec. 20, 2011. The stripe and related details honor both the heritage of the Michigan Air National Guard and the former Strategic Air Command, which once operated at Selfridge.
- USAF photo by John S. Swanson
KC-135 Stratotanker #60-0345 departs Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Mich., April 14, 2011. The Air National Guard provides about half of all the air refueling capability in the Air Force. 60-345 is operated by the 127th Air Refueling Group of the Michigan Air National Guard.
- USAF photo by John S. Swanson
60-0345 is active with the 127th Air Refueling Group of the Michigan Air National Guard at Selfridge ANG Base.
Known as the “Commander’s Plane” due to the distinctive yellow markings, KC-135 Stratotanker #60-0345 lifts off at Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Mich., Nov. 4, 2012. The KC-135 is flown by the 171st Air Refueling Squadron and maintained by the 191st Maintenance Squadron and 191st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron. The striping on the mid-section of the aircraft features the black and yellow checkerboard design that has been marking aircraft of the 191st since the early 1970s, when the unit was flying F-106 Delta Darts and became known as “The Michigan Six-Pack.” The styling of the stripe also recalls the heritage of the former Strategic Air Command of the U.S. Air Force, units of which were assigned to Selfridge in the 1950s and ‘60s.
- Air National Guard photo by John S. Swanson
KC-135 Stratotanker #60-0345 awaits crew members from the 191st Air Refueling Wing at Selfridge Air National Guard Base, MI during a surge exercise on Sunday, November 4, 2012.
- USAF photo by TSgt Robert Hanet
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