Two of us in our F-105D’s lined up behind a KC135 water wagon
at Hickham Rwy 8, and had to wait about a minute for the black smoke to clear before we rolled to catch him.
Once airborne the refueling was a piece of cake as we were matched in cruising speed. The KC topped us off and dropped into Wake while we continued to Anderson at Guam.
A great improvement over KB-50 refueling.
Sometime in 1964.
How long were you in? My uncle flew an F-105 as well, out of Thailand.