Posted on 02/03/2011 9:10:15 PM PST by ErnstStavroBlofeld
Red Flag 11-2 is a large force exercise requiring many units to work together like a well-oiled machine, and if one piece were taken out, the whole operation would grind to a halt.
A large and important cog in the Red Flag machine is the combined effort of four KC-135 Stratotanker units.
"We're fueling their fight," said Maj. Emily Huhmann, detachment commander. "The war doesn't happen without the tankers -- it would not be worthwhile to put those support assets and the time into the training if we weren't there."
The KC-135 aircraft and crewmembers from McGhee-Tyson Air National Guard Base, Tenn.; Pittsburgh Air Reserve Station, Pa.; McConnell Air Force Base, Kan.; and Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash., provide the fuel enabling the fighter jets to fly the long mission lengths required for this training, she said.
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We are still flying KC-135’s. - Amazing!
First flight was in August of 1956
Used to do this. Flying the -135 for Red Flag support was always a blast.
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