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re: KC-135 down over Iraq edit: 4 dead 2 missing
Posted on 3/12/26 at 6:40 pm to Stat M Repairman
Posted on 3/12/26 at 6:40 pm to Stat M Repairman
No I was t thinking that. It’s just a really complex encounter, especially if there are external factors like being in a war zone.
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Posted on 3/12/26 at 6:46 pm to baldona
Saw that too. Could’ve been two tankers in a cell formation. Specs are 500’ altitude stack and 1-2 NM spread.
Posted on 3/12/26 at 6:47 pm to TBoy
quote:
A Google search suggests that the standard crew is three, a pilot, co-pilot and boom operator. Hope they made it down ok.
Add a Flight Engineer, a Navigator, and a Loadmaster. It's not just a flying gas station, it can carry cargo and personnel.
Posted on 3/12/26 at 6:50 pm to FlySaint
quote:Do tankers refuel other tankers? That doesn't make any sense, but I'm not military. So were they flying in formation after completing a team mission?
Saw that too. Could’ve been two tankers in a cell formation. Specs are 500’ altitude stack and 1-2 NM spread
Posted on 3/12/26 at 6:52 pm to Diamondawg
quote:yes
Do tankers refuel other tankers?
Posted on 3/12/26 at 6:52 pm to TBoy
No ejection.
Posted on 3/12/26 at 6:53 pm to OchoDedos
No three person ops is the standard.
Two pilots
One boom operator.
Two pilots
One boom operator.
This post was edited on 3/12/26 at 7:06 pm
Posted on 3/12/26 at 7:03 pm to JohnnyKilroy
Posted on 3/12/26 at 7:05 pm to JohnnyKilroy
That picture is called a console.
Posted on 3/12/26 at 7:13 pm to Jbird
quote:
No three person ops is the standard. Two pilots One boom operator.
Reports say 6 unaccounted for. I’m ignorant but I’m curious of your experience? 3 seems extremely unlikely. The military is almost always going to have a utility person and a crew leader
Posted on 3/12/26 at 7:28 pm to baldona
Lol three person ops is the standard on a 135.
I will bet everything I own
Unless you are augmented then you will have two crews
I will bet everything I own
Unless you are augmented then you will have two crews
Posted on 3/12/26 at 7:40 pm to Jbird
quote:
No three person ops is the standard.
Two pilots
One boom operator.
I really want to believe you but I need TBoy, RFK and BeauDo to confirm.
This post was edited on 3/12/26 at 7:58 pm
Posted on 3/12/26 at 7:48 pm to LSURoss
CNN is going erect on this news.....
Posted on 3/12/26 at 7:48 pm to Diamondawg
There’s a handful of KC-135s that are also receivers but I doubt that was the case here. It’s standard practice to have more than one tanker in an anchor to refuel strikers to/from the ops area, or fighters in CAPs cycling for gas, etc.
Standard crew is 3, but extra can be carried for a multitude of reasons.
Standard crew is 3, but extra can be carried for a multitude of reasons.
Posted on 3/12/26 at 7:49 pm to prouddawg
Those fricking idiots wouldn't know a 135 E model from An R model or a Sopwith Camel
Posted on 3/12/26 at 7:50 pm to FlySaint
Yup augmented crew
Medivac
Pax
Medivac
Pax
Posted on 3/12/26 at 7:54 pm to FlySaint
Saint you know what those 135s that are refuelable are called?
Posted on 3/12/26 at 8:21 pm to Jbird
KC-135RT
Posted on 3/12/26 at 8:30 pm to FlySaint
Christine?
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