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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Serenity on December 23, 2009, 02:10:49 AM
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My CAP squad was fortunate enough the other day to be invited on board a KC-135 during refueling drills. Only a select few of us (8 total) were permitted on the flight, but it was an amazing show! Attached are some pictures and links to videos I took during the flight. We were given free reign throughout the aircraft during flight, so we could roam up into the cockpit or back into the boom pit as we chose, which resulted in some very nice photo-ops. There were two KC-135s and two F-15As involved, all of which were from the Hawaii Air National Guard. Altitude during refueling was 25,800ft according to the altimeter over the navigator's table.
The lead tanker:
(http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc74/Serene_One/KC-135%20Flight/101_0844.jpg)
Over the wing:
(http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc74/Serene_One/KC-135%20Flight/101_0837.jpg)
Lead tanker refueling lead Eagle:
(http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc74/Serene_One/KC-135%20Flight/101_0854.jpg)
My favorite pic, our tanker fueling an eagle:
(http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc74/Serene_One/KC-135%20Flight/101_0849.jpg)
VIDEOS:
The F-15 approaching our tanker:
(http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc74/Serene_One/KC-135%20Flight/th_Hookup.jpg) (http://s217.photobucket.com/albums/cc74/Serene_One/KC-135%20Flight/?action=view¤t=Hookup.flv)
http://s217.photobucket.com/albums/cc74/Serene_One/KC-135%20Flight/?action=view¤t=Hookup.flv
The F-15 Refueling, along with myself, and C/Capt Ramil, for proof that I did, in fact, take these shots:
(http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc74/Serene_One/KC-135%20Flight/th_DuringRefueling.jpg) (http://s217.photobucket.com/albums/cc74/Serene_One/KC-135%20Flight/?action=view¤t=DuringRefueling.flv)
http://s217.photobucket.com/albums/cc74/Serene_One/KC-135%20Flight/?action=view¤t=DuringRefueling.flv
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Great pic. I see the KC-135 everyday flying over my house in Wichita , ks. every-once in a while i will see a Boeing E-3 Sentry
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Great pics, glad you enjoyed it. Gotta love those F15s.
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Cool! What an awesome experience. I've been in a few of those KC-135s up here at Forbes Field but never been up like that. :aok
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Awesome pics. I got the opportunity to fly in one when I was on summer encampment at Barksdale AFB during my cadet days. Only difference was we got to watch A-10s cycle on and off. :salute
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One of my good friends son's is a boom operator on a KC-135. They recently refueled Air Force One on the way to one of the summits/meetings that our President has been going to lately.
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Great pic. I see the KC-135 everyday flying over my house in Wichita , ks. every-once in a while i will see a Boeing E-3 Sentry
We have 8 KC-135s stationed here, plus many more that transition through along with KC-10s. Also have I believe 8 C-17s locally, and by my count, 16 F-15As. We get C-5s, F-22s, F/A-18s, F-16s, and the occasional B-52 transitioning through as well. Gonna have a VC-25A here in a day or two unfortunately... pissing off everyone in the state with the TFR...
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We had 135s at Dyess back in the 80s. Hated being anywhere near the flightline when they took off. Loudest thing we had.
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Very nice pics. One question though I thought they were decommissioning the F-15
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Very nice pics. One question though I thought they were decommissioning the F-15
No, not for years. The F-15 is supposed to work alongside the 22 throughout the 22's career. The Alphas we use are going though. The ANG has the oldest models closest to retirement IIRC.
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KCs are the loudest aircraft I have ever heard. Taking off with a full load they would shake an entire airbase.
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KCs are the loudest aircraft I have ever heard. Taking off with a full load they would shake an entire airbase.
Must have been the old KC-135A with water injected J-57s. Most if not all should be KC-135Rs with CFM-56s. The new engine is much quieter and "thrustier."
The tankers in the picture are KC-135R models.
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You are Realy Crazy
Very Nice Pic!
I was scared to death when I saw the Vid and you guys looked so cool
Big WTG
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lucky! lol great pics :aok
did they allow you to pilot the aircraft for some time?
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lucky! lol great pics :aok
did they allow you to pilot the aircraft for some time?
Not the aircraft, but Capt Ramil and I got to "fly" the boom :)
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found me a new desktop photo, thanks :aok
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found me a new desktop photo, thanks :aok
If you want the full-size of any of those, drop me a PM with your e-mail. The forums shrink them unfortunately.
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lucky! lol great pics :aok
did they allow you to pilot the aircraft for some time?
If he were able to, I wouldn't be surprised if the first words out of his mouth were, "What's the hobbs time?" :D
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If he were able to, I wouldn't be surprised if the first words out of his mouth were, "What's the hobbs time?" :D
lol! When I first looked at the serial numbers on the tail and saw the first two numbers were 57 and 63...
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i'm jelous :headscratch: