Wing CC ‘fini flight’
After its tail snapped off and an in-flight explosion, A KC-135 Stratotanker, like the one pictured here from McConnell AFB, Kan., crashed in the Kyrgyz Republic while on a combat aerial refueling mission May 3, 2013, because of both mechanical and human failures, according to the recently released accident investigation board report. The crash killed all three crewmembers and destroyed the nearly $40 million aircraft. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Senior Airman Armando A. Schwier-Morales/ Released)