9th RW Stratotanker taking off sporting the short lived BB code. One of the many KC-135Q tankers going to/from Alconbury to bring equipment for the single U-2R detachment started on September 5. See #159680 photo for the U-2.
306 BW, (KC-135Q aircraft were specifically modified and equipped to offload JP-7 fuel and supported worldwide in-flight refueling requirements for USAF U-2 and SR-71 reconnaissance aircraft), at the USAFE Ramstein open house 1972