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Boom operators, like pilots, can be rated in more than one type of aircraft.

I remember when the KC-10 came out.

I was going to the NCO Leadership school and my room mate was a KC-135 boom operator and wanted to get a KC-10 slot.

I never did learn if he did. All I know is he had several Air Medals (which are worth promotion points), one for landing the aircraft with only two engines, which, of course, he didn’t do because he wasn’t the pilots. I was a little ticked off that the USAF didn’t have a similar medal for us non-flying types.

44 posted on 05/01/2023 6:57:26 AM PDT by Alas Babylon! (Gov't declaring misinformation is tyranny: “Who determines what false information is?” )

(one for landing the aircraft with only two engines, which, of course, he didn’t do because he wasn’t the pilots)

Wow

46 posted on 05/01/2023 7:00:25 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)