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tennisfan
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RE: http://www.military.com/features/0,15240,189109,00.html

Sounds like they will have theirs in the air before the USAF and Obama Pentagon get their act together on the replacing the 50 year old KC135
 
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21yrsUSCGUSCS
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tennisfan, forgive me for going a little off topic here but I figured I would ask here instead of starting a new thread.

I live in Southern New Hampshire close to what was Pease AFB, now a public airport with an ANG refueling wing still there.

I've been seeing KC-135's for most of my life and have also seen a number of the KC-10's.

The other day, I saw what looked like a KC-135 flying right over me at a low altitude. The thing is, it only had one engine on each wing instead of the two on each. As it passed over, I couldn't make out if it had a tail engine but it didn't look like it. Still, I thought it looked like the KC-135 as it didn't appear to be large enough to be a KC-10.

Any ideas as to what the heck I was seeing?

Don
 
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Originally posted by 21yrsUSCGUSCS:
tennisfan, forgive me for going a little off topic here but I figured I would ask here instead of starting a new thread.

I live in Southern New Hampshire close to what was Pease AFB, now a public airport with an ANG refueling wing still there.

I've been seeing KC-135's for most of my life and have also seen a number of the KC-10's.

The other day, I saw what looked like a KC-135 flying right over me at a low altitude. The thing is, it only had one engine on each wing instead of the two on each. As it passed over, I couldn't make out if it had a tail engine but it didn't look like it. Still, I thought it looked like the KC-135 as it didn't appear to be large enough to be a KC-10.

Any ideas as to what the heck I was seeing?

Don


Maybe a KC-767 variant or the KC-330 Airbus that is flying.

Was there a boom and/or wing pods?
 
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Embraer is setting itself up to be a leader in the airplane manufacturing world. The E170 / E190 jets are a pleasure to ride in and really fit a good niche in between the big gas-guzzlers and the hideous, uncomfortable Canadair regional jets.
 
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21yrsUSCGUSCS
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Originally posted by 21yrsUSCGUSCS:
tennisfan, forgive me for going a little off topic here but I figured I would ask here instead of starting a new thread.

I live in Southern New Hampshire close to what was Pease AFB, now a public airport with an ANG refueling wing still there.

I've been seeing KC-135's for most of my life and have also seen a number of the KC-10's.

The other day, I saw what looked like a KC-135 flying right over me at a low altitude. The thing is, it only had one engine on each wing instead of the two on each. As it passed over, I couldn't make out if it had a tail engine but it didn't look like it. Still, I thought it looked like the KC-135 as it didn't appear to be large enough to be a KC-10.

Any ideas as to what the heck I was seeing?

Don


Maybe a KC-767 variant or the KC-330 Airbus that is flying.

Was there a boom and/or wing pods?


Could be, thanks for the reply. Yes, it did have a boom.

Don
 
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Get to know the profile, it may be the next bullet sponge for the U.S.A.F. fighter jocks, when we go to war, hopefully not, in South America...
Respectfully, SUNLINER81
 
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Chavez will be ordering a dozen to extend the range of those Russian birds he bought last year.
 
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FlankerFlyer
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Originally posted by AKinNC:
Embraer is setting itself up to be a leader in the airplane manufacturing world. The E170 / E190 jets are a pleasure to ride in and really fit a good niche in between the big gas-guzzlers and the hideous, uncomfortable Canadair regional jets.


Embraer has done a fabulous job of carving its niche in the aircraft industry and I agree, much better than the Canadair jets.
I expect it will get some foreign sales as well.
Chavez will probably be interested, Im sure.
 
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