The clip features a quick, practice contact in “tanker manual” configuration followed by a disconnect, in preparation for a normal contact…
Cold War EraMilitary Aviation
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That Time Tex Johnston Barrel Rolled Boeing 367-80 (AKA Boeing 707 Prototype)
by Dario LeoneBoeing’s 367-80, nicknamed the “Dash 80” was scheduled to perform a simple flyover, but Tex Johnston instead performed a barnstormer style…
- Losses and Aviation SafetyMilitary Aviation
That time a KC-135 Crew saved an F-16 Pilot from ejecting over ISIS Territory
by Dario LeoneAfter the F-16 disconnected a second time, the pilot went through his checklists and told the crew he had a fuel…
- Military AviationWeapons
LAIRCM pod for KC-135 achieves Milestone C and is now cleared for production
KC-135 aircrews can focus on their critical refueling, aeromedical evacuation and cargo missions while gaining the full survivability benefit the LAIRCM…
- Losses and Aviation SafetyMilitary Aviation
The Story of North Star, the KC-135 Stratotanker that Saved an F-4 Phantom over the Atlantic
by Dario LeoneThe KC-135 Stratotanker North Star had its landing gear down and its engines at idling speed in an attempt to slow…
- Losses and Aviation SafetyMilitary Aviation
Remembering Shell 77, the KC-135 that crashed in Kyrgyzstan while it was departing for combat aerial refueling mission
by Dario LeoneShell 77 crew encountered a condition they had not realistically experienced in training, which left them with an unrecognized hazardous situation…
- Cold War EraLosses and Aviation SafetyMilitary Aviation
The Palomares Broken Arrow Accident
by Dario LeoneThe B-52’s incoming speed was too fast and caused the aircraft to collide with the KC-135’s fueling boom. Major Larry G.…
- Military Aviation
Boeing’s KC-46A program completes receiver certification testing for B-52, F/A-18
by Dario LeoneTrials to refuel the F-15 will soon commence Boeing’s KC-46A aerial refueling tanker has been cleared to refuel the B-52 bomber…
- Military Aviation
Boeing to miss the delivery of first KC-46 Pegasus tanker to USAF on Oct. 27
by Dario LeoneUSAF Secretary Heather Wilson says the late certification by the Federal Aviation Administration was the direct cause for KC-46 latest delay…
All 18 KC-46A aircraft will be handed over to the USAF by April next year Under Secretary of the U.S. Air…
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