Photos by Staff Sergeant Mary McKnight.
In October 2019, on Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, the 916th Maintenance Squadron (of the 916th Air Refueling Wing) completed their last isochronal (ISO) inspection of a KC-135 Stratotanker.
The KC-135 has been replaced by the KC-46 Pegasus.
The last ISO on the 916th KC-135 was started in August, but took longer than expected due to delays caused by severe weather: “The ISO (isochronal) aircraft was placed on the flightline as a precaution to protect it from possible damage. The hangar it was in leaves the empennage exposed to high winds which could cause more damage because of the close tolerance to the hangar doors.”-Senior Master Sergeant Karl Rehkamp, 916th Maintenance Squadron maintenance flight chief
Explainer video report, by Technical Sergeant Michael McGhee:
KC-135: 
BATS & BEARS, OH MY!
A KC-135 leads a pack of F-16s and F-35s on a Air Force Salutes flight over Arizona, 01MAY2020. At least 15 aircraft were involved.
The crew of a Michigan Air National Guard 127th Wing KC-135 just before taking off for a Michigan Strong flyover, 13MAY2020.
KC-135R from the 914th Air Refueling Wing, Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station, in formation with F-35s from the 158th Fighter Wing, Vermont Air National Guard Base, 12MAY2020.
Ohio Air National Guard KC-135 flies with an F-16 during Operation American Resolve, 13MAY2020.
Tail boom of 134th Air Refueling Wing, Tennessee Air National Guard, 12MAY2020.
121st Air Refueling Wing, Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base, Ohio, June 2018.
I don’t think this has anything to do with washing-up, but apparently the Airmen with 92nd Maintenance Group think break-dancing helps. Fairchild Air Force Base (AFB), Washington, January 2018.
Washing the main-gear doors, 168th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, Eielson AFB, Alaska, December 2017.
Kadena Air Base, Japan, 2016. The wash-rack (aka Bird-Bath, officially Aircraft Rinse System) takes 90 seconds to wash the salty sea air off the skin of the Stratotanker.
KC-135R passes through wash rack on Andersen AFB, Guam, 2014.
Hand washing KC-135R, Altus AFB, Oklahoma, 2014.
Washing the front landing gear of a KC-135R.
According to the Altus AFB info, it takes eight hours to wash your KC-135.
Every 120 days KC-135 get a scrub-down.
Plot of ground to be used as a new display of model tanker aircraft of the 916th Air Refueling Wing, Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, 06AUG2019.
Installing a KC-135 Stratotanker, 18SEP2019.
KC-10 Extender.
25SEP2019, Colonel Craig McPike, 916th Air Refueling Wing commander, and unit historian Stephen K. Beckett, like their new model display of the KC-46 Pegasus, KC-10 and KC-135.
