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KC-135 Lands Safely After In-Flight Emergency
Air Force Magazine Daily Report ^
| 30 April 2015
| Air Force Magazine Daily
Posted on 04/30/2015 6:40:29 AM PDT by Purdue77
KC-135 Lands Safely After In-Flight Emergency
A KC-135 Stratotanker landed safely at RAF Mildenhall, England, at 1:20 a.m. on April 29, about one hour after experiencing an in-flight emergency, according to a base release. No injuries were reported. The tanker, which had taken off from NAS Souda Bay, Greece, en route to Mildenhall, was about three hours into its flight plan when it experienced a "flight control-related malfunction." Despite some reports claiming the aircraft disappeared from radar, the flight crew and aircraft remained under air traffic control authority throughout the mission, states the release. "At no time did the controlling authority query the crew about a loss of radar contact," it continues. "Safety is paramount to the success of our mission. We continuously train to high standards and have established flight manual procedures in place to deal with emergencies of this nature. The Air Force's stringent safety standards help ensure the well-being of our people and the communities we interact with," states the release.
TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aerospace
A KC-135 Stratotanker landed safely at RAF Mildenhall, England, at 1:20 a.m. on April 29, about one hour after experiencing an in-flight emergency, according to a base release. No injuries were reported. The tanker, which had taken off from NAS Souda Bay, Greece, en route to Mildenhall, was about three hours into its flight plan when it experienced a "flight control-related malfunction." Despite some reports claiming the aircraft disappeared from radar, the flight crew and aircraft remained under air traffic control authority throughout the mission, states the release. "At no time did the controlling authority query the crew about a loss of radar contact," it continues. "Safety is paramount to the success of our mission. We continuously train to high standards and have established flight manual procedures in place to deal with emergencies of this nature. The Air Force's stringent safety standards help ensure the well-being of our people and the communities we interact with," states the release.
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04/30/2015 6:40:29 AM PDT
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Purdue77
To: Purdue77
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04/30/2015 6:42:40 AM PDT
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Doogle
(( USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
To: Purdue77
AMEN! They are alive. Praise God. It is so rare to have a good outcome from a story like yesterday.
God Bless the men that fly and fight.
/johnny
To: Purdue77
How many muslims are on the maintenance crews or have access to the aircraft?
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04/30/2015 6:46:29 AM PDT
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Iron Munro
(Oh, yeah. A voluntary internal aWe may be paranoid but that doesn't mean they aren't really after us)
To: Purdue77
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04/30/2015 6:50:01 AM PDT
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Yo-Yo
(Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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posted on
04/30/2015 6:50:34 AM PDT
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b4its2late
(A Liberal is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own.)
To: Purdue77
Is this the KC-135R that dropped off radar a few days ago?
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04/30/2015 6:51:03 AM PDT
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Ruy Dias de Bivar
(Some times you need more than six shots. Much more.)
To: Purdue77
Did they run out of gas?.............
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04/30/2015 6:51:12 AM PDT
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Red Badger
(Man builds a ship in a bottle. God builds a universe in the palm of His hand.............)
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04/30/2015 7:01:08 AM PDT
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logi_cal869
(-cynicus-)
To: Ruy Dias de Bivar
The same one. The USAF obviously knew the tanker was safe within a few hours of losing radar contact. Why are they reporting it as news?
Something more to it. Going off radar by altitude loss coupled by loss of radio contact is a big deal. We will eventually hear more about this one.
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04/30/2015 9:45:16 AM PDT
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pfflier
To: pfflier
Claiming a do-over.
The first news report claimed the KC-135 was lost on radar because of altitude loss and the transponder quit operating. The original article even gave the transponder code.
Something is not right.
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04/30/2015 9:48:33 AM PDT
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pfflier
To: Purdue77
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