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R-11 Refueler
The R-11 Refueler replaced the R-9 Refueler as the primary mobile refueling vehicle for The United States Air Force. There are currently three models of the R-11. The first generation was delivered in 1989 to the Air Force by the Oshkosh Truck Corporation and is commonly referred to as the Oshkosh R-11. The Air Force purchased 1,250 Oshkosh R-11s between 1987 and 1991. Deliveries of the second generation R-11 began in 1994. The contract for the second generation model was awarded to the Kovatch Corporation, and the pumping and dispensing systems are mounted on a Volvo chassis. These models are commonly referred to as the Volvo R-11. Deliveries of the third generation R-11 began in 2004. The contract for this model was also awarded to the Kovatch Corporation, and the pumping and dispensing systems are mounted on an International chassis. This model is commonly referred to as the International R-11. There is a new specification that has been manufactured by ATAP, Inc. R-11 fue ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oshkosh Corporation
Oshkosh Corporation, formerly Oshkosh Truck, is an American industrial company that designs and builds specialty trucks, military vehicles, truck bodies, airport fire apparatus, and access equipment. The corporation also owns Pierce Manufacturing, a fire apparatus manufacturer in Appleton, Wisconsin, and JLG Industries, a leading manufacturer of lift equipment, including aerial lifts, boom lifts, scissor lifts, telehandlers and low-level access lifts. Based in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, the company employs approximately 15,000 people around the world at 130 facilities in 24 countries. It is organized in four primary business groups: access equipment, defense, fire and emergency, and commercial. History Founded in 1917 as the Wisconsin Duplex Auto Company, the company was created to build a severe-duty Four-wheel drive, four-wheel-drive truck. After the first prototype was built, the company began to develop rapidly. This first four-wheel-drive truck, known today as "Old Betsy", is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
R-9 Refueler
R9 or R-9 may refer to: Military * R-9 Desna, a Soviet ICBM * , a United States Navy submarine in commission from 1919 to 1931 and from 1941 to 1945 Transportation * Camai Air, IATA airline code * R9 (New York City Subway car) * Radial Road 9 or R-9, an arterial road of Manila, Philippines * Renault R9, a small French family car Other uses * HP roman9, an 8-bit character set with euro sign * R9 color rendering index value for saturated red * R9: Explosive when mixed with combustible material, a risk phrase in chemistry * R9-Arms submachine gun, a black market submachine gun * R9, a x86-64 register number 9 * R-9, a fictitious starfighter from the game ''R-Type'' * "R-9", a 1985 song by electronic band Cybrotron * Radeon R9, graphics processing units * Rohrbaugh R9, a compact pistol * Ronaldo (Brazilian footballer) (born 1976), retired Brazilian footballer * 'R9', the fan-nickname for the upcoming ninth studio album by Barbadian recording artist Rihanna Robyn Rihanna Fen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The United States Air Force
The United States Air Force (USAF) is the air service branch of the United States Armed Forces, and is one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. Originally created on 1 August 1907, as a part of the United States Army Signal Corps, the USAF was established as a separate branch of the United States Armed Forces in 1947 with the enactment of the National Security Act of 1947. It is the second youngest branch of the United States Armed Forces and the fourth in order of precedence. The United States Air Force articulates its core missions as air supremacy, global integrated intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, rapid global mobility, global strike, and command and control. The United States Air Force is a military service branch organized within the Department of the Air Force, one of the three military departments of the Department of Defense. The Air Force through the Department of the Air Force is headed by the civilian Secretary of the Air Force, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
