In-flight Refueling

ChiefChief Registered Users Posts: 24 Big grins
edited March 4, 2007 in Holy Macro
KC-10 Refueling a C5 over Northern California

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  • AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited February 16, 2007
    More!!!!!!!!
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  • mr peasmr peas Registered Users Posts: 1,369 Major grins
    edited February 16, 2007
    yeah more!

    The view reminds me of that Top Gun video game I had for the NES. haha.
  • photodougphotodoug Registered Users Posts: 870 Major grins
    edited February 17, 2007
    What they said bowdown.gif
  • SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
    edited February 17, 2007
    Chief wrote:
    KC-10 Refueling a C5 over Northern California

    Wow, though I would think that's kind of a scary thing to be doing somehow..... you flying freaks have all the fun don't you clap.gifclap.gif
    Post more pleeeeeeeeeeeeease :D ... Skippy
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  • nightshadownightshadow Registered Users Posts: 81 Big grins
    edited February 17, 2007
    Chief wrote:
    KC-10 Refueling a C5 over Northern California
    Awesome view! I second Andy's more!
  • Mike LaneMike Lane Registered Users Posts: 7,106 Major grins
    edited February 17, 2007
    These kinds of shots are fun to get. Here's one of mine of a KC-135 to KC-135:

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  • bsvirginianbsvirginian Registered Users Posts: 241 Major grins
    edited February 17, 2007
    Reservists?
    thumb.gif Ahhhhh! That's a roger. You guys must be reservists of something to get these fantastic "in flight" images. BSheadscratch.gif
    Mike Lane wrote:
    These kinds of shots are fun to get. Here's one of mine of a KC-135 to KC-135:

    37539328-L-2.jpg
  • moose135moose135 Registered Users Posts: 1,420 Major grins
    edited February 17, 2007
    Great shots guys! Sure do bring back memories - I flew KC-135s some 20 years ago, and got to do a bunch of that, mostly as the tanker, but did get to do a little receiver refueling.

    Mike, are you shooting from an R/T? I was stationed at Grissom AFB, and we had the R/T A-models, which were receiver equipped. After GAFB closed, and they converted the As to Rs, I lost track of the R/Ts.

    I keep saying that I need to find my old slides and scan some of those in. One of these days...
    Skippy wrote:
    Wow, though I would think that's kind of a scary thing to be doing somehow..... you flying freaks have all the fun don't you
    Nothing scary about it at all - well, except for a couple of pilots I've flown with...of course, the refueling manual has this to say:

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  • ultravoxultravox Registered Users Posts: 776 Major grins
    edited February 17, 2007
    Hi Chief. Please clean your windshield.... you've got the biggest bug i've ever seen. headscratch.gif mmhuuh a plane?clap.gifDclap.gif
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  • Mike LaneMike Lane Registered Users Posts: 7,106 Major grins
    edited February 17, 2007
    moose135 wrote:
    Great shots guys! Sure do bring back memories - I flew KC-135s some 20 years ago, and got to do a bunch of that, mostly as the tanker, but did get to do a little receiver refueling.

    Mike, are you shooting from an R/T? I was stationed at Grissom AFB, and we had the R/T A-models, which were receiver equipped. After GAFB closed, and they converted the As to Rs, I lost track of the R/Ts.

    I keep saying that I need to find my old slides and scan some of those in. One of these days...


    Nothing scary about it at all - well, except for a couple of pilots I've flown with...of course, the refueling manual has this to say:

    123840257-S.jpg
    I was a nav on the KC-135 at McConnell which is where all 8 of the R/Ts are now. Well that's where they're stationed, most of them are probably in the desert.
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  • gmonkehgmonkeh Registered Users Posts: 312 Major grins
    edited February 17, 2007
    mr peas wrote:
    yeah more!

    The view reminds me of that Top Gun video game I had for the NES. haha.

    lol I fricking loved that top gun game when I was young. I couln't land for shyte though :)

    Wishing I had my NES again. :(
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  • Mike LaneMike Lane Registered Users Posts: 7,106 Major grins
    edited February 17, 2007
    gmonkeh wrote:
    Wishing I had my NES again. :(

    How about an NES emulator? mwink.gif
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  • Awais YaqubAwais Yaqub Registered Users Posts: 10,572 Major grins
    edited February 17, 2007
    eek7.gif great more please
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  • bsvirginianbsvirginian Registered Users Posts: 241 Major grins
    edited February 18, 2007
    rolleyes1.gif Hi Moose

    I really enjoyed looking at your aviation images. I've started my own collection these last few years. I have a WWII fighter museum just a few miles from my house and have become friendly with the staff. I even got a ride in a SNJ-3 a few weeks ago. Hoping to ride a P-51 soon. BSwings.gif
    moose135 wrote:
    Great shots guys! Sure do bring back memories - I flew KC-135s some 20 years ago, and got to do a bunch of that, mostly as the tanker, but did get to do a little receiver refueling.

    Mike, are you shooting from an R/T? I was stationed at Grissom AFB, and we had the R/T A-models, which were receiver equipped. After GAFB closed, and they converted the As to Rs, I lost track of the R/Ts.

    I keep saying that I need to find my old slides and scan some of those in. One of these days...


    Nothing scary about it at all - well, except for a couple of pilots I've flown with...of course, the refueling manual has this to say:

    123840257-S.jpg
  • MilanMilan Registered Users Posts: 166 Major grins
    edited February 18, 2007
    Oh, I just love this stuff...ylsuper.gif
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  • moose135moose135 Registered Users Posts: 1,420 Major grins
    edited March 3, 2007
    Bumping this to add a few oldies - started scanning some old 35mm slides, and came across these.

    Here are a few Luftwaffe Tornados we were refueling over the then-West Germany, April 1987.
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    133229728-L.jpg

    Here are a couple of F-4s we tanked in January 1986
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  • Mike LaneMike Lane Registered Users Posts: 7,106 Major grins
    edited March 3, 2007
    moose135 wrote:
    Bumping this to add a few oldies - started scanning some old 35mm slides, and came across these.

    Here are a few Luftwaffe Tornados we were refueling over the then-West Germany, April 1987.
    133229632-S.jpg


    133229728-S.jpg

    Here are a couple of F-4s we tanked in January 1986
    133240496-S.jpg

    133240474-S.jpg
    Start the water!!!
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  • ian408ian408 Administrators Posts: 21,941 moderator
    edited March 4, 2007
    One of my co-workers was a back-seater in F4's. He's got a shot from the
    4 looking back at a tanker.
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