I respect your opinions and your friends opinions but I cannot find any info to support that statement. I'm not defending it against the 135 but there were a lot more 135's built. I'd be very interested if there were something to read. I am a big fan of the 707/720/135 family. My first experience in the 135 was probably about 1957-58. I loved the old water wagons. Al ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alireza Alivandivafa" <DEmocrat2n@xxxxxxx> To: <AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, November 15, 2004 10:18 PM Subject: Re: UPDATE: Boeing Co. To Build New 777 Cargo Plane >BA > Well, I know someone who was an MX crew chief on the KC-10 who saw nothing > but problems and the fighter pilots I know who hate it because it was > never as > reliable in getting them fuel as the KC-135. The KC-10 was just something > to > say "look how big we can get one" > > In a message dated 11/15/2004 9:12:26 PM Central Standard Time, > damiross3@xxxxxxxxxxx writes: > The KC-10 is not a needless flop >