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1965 USAF KC-135 Wichita crash

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Aviation accidents and incidents in KansasHistory of Wichita, KansasJanuary 1965 events in the United States
Boeing KC 135A Stratotanker (717 148), USA Air Force AN1418420
Boeing KC 135A Stratotanker (717 148), USA Air Force AN1418420

On 16 January 1965, a U.S. Air Force Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker crashed in the central United States, in a neighborhood in Wichita, Kansas, near McConnell Air Force Base. This resulted in the deaths of all seven crew members on board the aircraft and an additional twenty-three people on the ground.This accident is the deadliest aviation disaster to occur in Kansas. It is also the second-deadliest aircraft accident in the United States involving victims on the ground, after the Green Ramp disaster in 1994, which killed 24 people on the ground.

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1965 USAF KC-135 Wichita crash
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Boeing KC 135A Stratotanker (717 148), USA Air Force AN1418420
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