MILITARY & VETERANS AFFAIRS
NEWS RELEASE

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONTACT:

1st Lt. April Kelly at 609-754-41473/cell 609-203-4984

WHO/WHAT: The 108th Air Refueling Wing will hold a retirement ceremony for its last KC-135 “E Model” tanker. After the ceremony, the refueling plane, which was commissioned during the Korean War and remained in use in for support of operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, will be flown to Dover Air Base for inclusion in the Air Mobility Command Museum. The plane was among the first aircraft of its kind in the Air Force. The 108th ARW has upgraded its aircraft to the R model.

 

WHERE: McGuire Air Force Base

 

WHEN: Friday, Aug. 7 at 10 a.m.

 

Retirement ceremony at 10 a.m. Flight to Dover aboard retiring aircraft to follow. Return to McGuire Air Force Base on Air Force transport by 4:30 p.m.

 

Media are invited to makethe round-trip flight to Dover after the local retirement ceremony. To allow Public Affairs Office to gauge interest in the flight, please contact Kryn Westhoven at the above numbers or Sgt. Wayne Woolley at 609-530-6942 or 732-804-6782 by noon, Friday,

July 31.