To: MindBender26
It would appear the downed airplane was an Omega Air Tanker. According to Post #12 (from tcrlaf) Omega Air tankers only conduct drogue type refueling, so probably no boom operator then. Just the 3 up front.
40 posted on
05/18/2011 8:47:03 PM PDT by
verum ago
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To: verum ago
41 posted on
05/18/2011 9:02:43 PM PDT by
MindBender26
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To: verum ago
I am a little embarrassed to say that I had never heard of “Omega Tankers” (www.omegaairrefueling.com). So it really was a 707! Commercial air refueling is very a intriguing idea. Sadly, it looks like the company just lost half it's 707 fleet.
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