shotcalla10
what percent of RL officers get jets?
great photos. thanks for sharing.
That's rich; what "she" likes .... "she likes the boom" .... as if any "receivers" give a rip about what the fuel-fat "boom operator" likes ....I asked the question to a KC-135 Boomer a couple years back as to whether she liked the boom or the basket better. She told me that she likes .....
I guess the bottom line of this thread is that when it comes to aerial refueling (much like the services in general), the Navy does the fvcking and the AF get's fvcked.
Those wing mounted basket refuleing pods can be a beyotch to tank off of. So far from the longitudinal centerline of the AC that very small movements of the wingtips (in the lightest of bumpy air) fling the basket about a lot.
Centerline tanking tends to be most stable...IMHNFOOFTBS (in my humble NFO Opinion From The backseat).
Yes didn't it have something to do with "flash point?"
Steve
Tanking, schmanking ... everything depicted herein, while "pretty", is relatively benign and routine. Not easy at first, for sure --- I fogged my visor so bad on the first plug in the RAG with all the huffin' and puffin' that I had to raise it to see ... ...
So what is the most dangerous flying any of you will EVER do ??? Combat or otherwise ???? .... and obviously, everything is relative.
Just my $20 worth ... but anyone ever hear the call .... "Hawk the Ball"???