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US Air Force refuelling jet disappears off radar over English Channel (Landed Safely)
Daily Mail ^
| 04/28/2015
| MARK DUELL
Posted on 04/28/2015 8:02:42 PM PDT by logi_cal869
A US Air Force refuelling aircraft disappeared off the radar over the English Channel last night.
The Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker left Amiens in northern France at 0.05am local time (11.05pm BST) and was last reported on a flight tracking website between Dover and Calais 15 minutes later.
It is not yet known why the plane - flying under the code QID72 and based at Mildenhall in Suffolk - fell off the radar at 0.20am. The US Air Force was unavailable for comment.
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TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aerospace; airforce; military; missingjet; radar; refuellingjet; usaf; usairforce
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To: logi_cal869; Jet Jaguar
Ping to List Jet Jaguar, that is the kind of Tanker my Unit Flies!
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posted on
04/28/2015 8:03:53 PM PDT
by
KC_Lion
(This Millennial is for Cruz!)
To: logi_cal869
And where was the nearest Russian aircraft?
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posted on
04/28/2015 8:04:47 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: logi_cal869
Prayers up! Unlikely to have a good ending.
My son is a KC-135 co-pilot. Not based in Mildenhall currently.
Oldplayer
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posted on
04/28/2015 8:05:31 PM PDT
by
oldplayer
To: logi_cal869; blueyon; KitJ; T Minus Four; xzins; CMS; The Sailor; ab01; txradioguy; Jet Jaguar; ...
To: logi_cal869
Wouldn’t there be a ball of fire larger than a stadium if this thing crashed?
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posted on
04/28/2015 8:06:51 PM PDT
by
MaxMax
(Call the local GOP and ask how you can support CRUZ for POTUS, Make them talk!)
To: logi_cal869
Crap. Thanks for the note.
To: logi_cal869
Check the maintenance budget for this man’s Air Force....
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posted on
04/28/2015 8:07:15 PM PDT
by
G Larry
(Obama Hates America, Israel, Capitalism, Freedom, and Christianity.)
To: oldplayer
My son is also a KC-135 pilot at Kadena. God have mercy.
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posted on
04/28/2015 8:08:25 PM PDT
by
uscga77
(the truth remains)
To: logi_cal869
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posted on
04/28/2015 8:08:37 PM PDT
by
maine-iac7
( million ii, all)
To: logi_cal869
God bless the men that fly and fight.
/johnny
To: MaxMax
English Channel is wet.....
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posted on
04/28/2015 8:08:48 PM PDT
by
G Larry
(Obama Hates America, Israel, Capitalism, Freedom, and Christianity.)
To: logi_cal869
Are they certain is was a USAF tanker jet? I think the RAF flies some KC-135 craft as well.
Hope it turns out to be simple equipment malfunction(s) and the crewmen all come home safe.
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posted on
04/28/2015 8:10:18 PM PDT
by
Utilizer
(Bacon A'kbar! - In world today are only peaceful people, and the muzlims trying to kill them)
To: logi_cal869
Sad news from our volunteer forces. Best wishes for the aircrew.
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posted on
04/28/2015 8:11:12 PM PDT
by
Pox
(Good Night. I expect more respect tomorrow.)
To: Utilizer
It probably has US somewhere in the IFF code
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posted on
04/28/2015 8:12:08 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(Clearly Cruz 2016)
To: Pox
If shot down—who would do it? ISIS? Russians? UFOs? Ghost Nazi Me 262? What is your guess.
To: Forward the Light Brigade
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posted on
04/28/2015 8:14:41 PM PDT
by
pfflier
To: Forward the Light Brigade
...Chinese sub launches sub to air missile.
To: logi_cal869
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posted on
04/28/2015 8:18:16 PM PDT
by
Jimma
To: Forward the Light Brigade
What is your guess. Iranians. In their F-15 long-range attack-and-duck-and-run mode.
(now removes tongue-in-cheek) *grin*
Prayers for the aircrew. And the Pilot and CoPilot as well, of course.
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posted on
04/28/2015 8:19:34 PM PDT
by
Utilizer
(Bacon A'kbar! - In world today are only peaceful people, and the muzlims trying to kill them)
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