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Showing posts with label KC-135. Show all posts
Showing posts with label KC-135. Show all posts
Wednesday, March 25, 2020

916ARW says a fond farewell to the KC-135

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The 916ARW has shipped out their last KC-135 tanker as they began their transition to the KC-46 tanker. For complete details of the even...
Tuesday, September 26, 2017

Eight refueling jets from Arkansas, 250 people heading to new home at MacDill

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The number of KC-135 refueling jets at MacDill Air Force Base will grow from 16 to 24 with the return of a squadron that once called Ta...
Monday, March 27, 2017

The Mystery of AE059A - now solved!

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Update: From an anonymous contributor - The "mysterious" hex AE059A on RCH302 was being used by 22ARW KC-135RT 60-0362 (should be...
Monday, November 28, 2016

Who is this mystery KC-135

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Recently a new Mode-S hex code AE0542 has popped up/ This hex code definitely looks like a KC-135 tanker based on call signs and boy has...
Wednesday, February 24, 2016

Mildenhall KC-135s support French operation

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Airmen arrive at Istres-Le Tubé Air Base, France, in support of Operation Juniper Micron Feb. 21, 2016. Since 2013, the U.S has been suppo...
Wednesday, October 15, 2014

Midwest Aerial Refueling VHF/UHF Formation Freqs

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While digging around the net (I do that a lot), found the following frequencies assigned to the 22ARW out of McConnell AFB for use by the...
Friday, November 01, 2013

Deployed Mildenhall jet receives black-letter status

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Members of the 351st Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron pose in front the black-letter jet, a KC-135 Stratotanker, assigned to RAF Milde...
Wednesday, October 30, 2013

KC-135R Tankers Return to Refueling Roots

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First aircraft on the runway awaiting clearence for takeoff, five KC-135 Stratotankers taking off at 30 second intervals to refuel C-17...
Friday, August 23, 2013

Stratotanker, Stratofortress tandem continue half a century of Asia-Pacific partnership

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by Airman 1st Class Marianique Santos,  36th Wing Public Affairs ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam  -- America's involvement in the Vi...
Friday, August 16, 2013

RED FLAG: Refueling the Raptor

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Two U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptors from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, fly behind a KC-135 Stratotanker from Kadena Air Base, Jap...
Tuesday, August 06, 2013

Answering the call: refueling the Spirit

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A B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber approaches the rear of a KC-135 Stratotanker in preparation to refuel during a training mission over Midwest...

Reserve units link up during refueling mission

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A B-52 Stratofortress from the 307th Bomb Wing, Barksdale Air Force Base, La., is positioned to take fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker flo...
Thursday, July 25, 2013

Answering the call: McConnell refuels ANG F-15s

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An F-15 Eagle from the 142nd Fighter Wing, Oregon Air National Guard, Portland, Ore., flies alongside a KC-135 Stratotanker assigned to ...
Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Aerial refuelers coming to Robins

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Blog Editor Note: According to Jody Gal in neighboring Calhoun GA, 379.825 MHz has been used as a boom freq during exercises that involv...
Thursday, December 23, 2010

96th ARS aircrews take off with Total Force Integration

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by Staff Sgt. Nathan Allen, 15th Wing Public Affairs JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii (AFNS) -- The combination of adrenaline and exci...
Thursday, October 08, 2009

Gen. Wyatt: Associate missions must continue

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The Air National Guard's associate missions with the active duty and Air Force Reserve need to continue beyond the new missions formed a...
Tuesday, October 06, 2009

As KC-135Es retire, Air Force officials' focus shifts to KC-X

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by Tech. Sgt. Scott T. Sturkol, Air Mobility Command Public Affairs SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. (AFNS) -- One of the last of the KC-135E Str...
Friday, May 29, 2009

Last Utah ANG KC-135E Stratotanker retires

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For my readers who are serial/buno trackers. By Master Sgt. Burke Baker, 151st Air Refueling Wing Public Affairs Col. Kelvin Findlay, 151st...
Thursday, February 12, 2009

Test Tanker II visits Wright-Patt

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by Derek Kaufman, 88th Air Base Wing Public Affairs The Test Tanker II, a highly modified KC-135, visited Wright-Patterson Air Force Base F...
Friday, May 30, 2008

KC-135: 50 years of refueling the fleet

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by Staff Sgt. Matthew Bates, Air Force Print News In an effort to modernize its aging tanker fleet, the Air Force awarded Northrop Grumman a...