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B-52 getting air refueled
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07/05/16 10:11 AM
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jae011
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Had the opportunity to go up with the Missisippi Air National Guard today on their KC-135 to see them refuel one of our B-52s. Pretty cool thing to watch from their perspective.
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07/05/16 10:24 AM
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Re: B-52 getting air refueled
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07/05/16 11:16 AM
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2 old birds there....
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Re: B-52 getting air refueled
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07/05/16 11:47 AM
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I've been on both ends of that refueling. It's gets scary on the B-52 end when the boom comes about 2 feet over the hatch windows. I'd sit in the IP seat between the pilots so it went right over my head. My seat cushion would have a bump in it afterwards. It's amazing that those two huge planes can fly so close together. Thanks for the pictures. Brings back memories.
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Re: B-52 getting air refueled
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07/05/16 12:16 PM
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Very cool pics.
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Re: B-52 getting air refueled
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07/05/16 02:33 PM
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Re: B-52 getting air refueled
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07/05/16 03:58 PM
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Re: B-52 getting air refueled
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07/05/16 04:17 PM
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2 old birds there.... With 2 very talented crews! Cool photos!!
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Re: B-52 getting air refueled
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07/05/16 05:57 PM
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Kool job and cool pictures. Thanks for your service.
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Re: B-52 getting air refueled
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07/06/16 04:35 PM
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My great uncle did that....he has some wild stories.....Awesome Pics!
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Re: B-52 getting air refueled
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07/06/16 05:32 PM
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Re: B-52 getting air refueled
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07/07/16 01:25 AM
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Re: B-52 getting air refueled
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07/09/16 01:28 AM
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Re: B-52 getting air refueled
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07/09/16 12:46 PM
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2 old birds there.... With 2 very talented crews! Cool photos!!
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Re: B-52 getting air refueled
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07/09/16 06:11 PM
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Nice view. How high up you reckon that is?
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Re: B-52 getting air refueled
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07/09/16 06:50 PM
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Re: B-52 getting air refueled
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07/11/16 11:27 AM
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Nice view. How high up you reckon that is? upsslim might have an idea. Im sure he has has 5 times the b52 experience I will ever have. I would ask him.
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07/11/16 01:05 PM
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Re: B-52 getting air refueled
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07/12/16 03:04 AM
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Re: B-52 getting air refueled
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07/12/16 06:19 AM
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Re: B-52 getting air refueled
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07/14/16 02:13 AM
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Amazing pictures, thanks for sharing!
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Re: B-52 getting air refueled
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07/14/16 02:22 AM
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Re: B-52 getting air refueled
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07/15/16 07:56 PM
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Re: B-52 getting air refueled
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07/16/16 12:06 PM
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Nice view. How high up you reckon that is? If I remember right they refueled about 35,000 ft. give or take a couple of thousand.
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Re: B-52 getting air refueled
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07/16/16 12:53 PM
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d.g.ruff
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Dang, looks like there would plenty of time to think about what you did wrong on the way down, if you fell out of that thing, lol. Thanks for the replies, gentlemen.
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