one of a kind
Mar 30, 2012 18:35:24 #
Here's some pic's of the aircraft I worked on for 9 years, flew all over the place with it. It's a Convair 880 that we modified to an air refueling tanker for the navy. It's now been recycled back into beer cans. I didn't take these, I was on the a/c. The first picture is before we got it painted
UC-880 refueling an A-4
UC-880 refueling an F-14
UC-880 refueling an F-18
UC - 880 sitting on ground at Pax Piver
Mar 30, 2012 23:30:51 #
Mar 31, 2012 00:22:09 #
Veru cool... :)
A friend of mine was a boom operator on a tanker in USAF.
He had some awesome photos from his tour, 1960-1964.
Thanks for the pics!
A friend of mine was a boom operator on a tanker in USAF.
He had some awesome photos from his tour, 1960-1964.
Thanks for the pics!
Mar 31, 2012 00:33:07 #
I had a picture of F-16, taken from a KC-135 by the boomer... The pilot had a sign: "Shit happens"....
Mar 31, 2012 00:45:04 #
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Loc: Bend, Oregon
Great Photo's, what a beautiful plane. I found a crashed A4 a few years back in a very remote part of Oregon. I wondered what they look like, now I know.
Mar 31, 2012 01:19:03 #
neat pics! i guess the navy still flies the old TA-4J's? the A-4 itself has been retired for years...
Mar 31, 2012 11:30:56 #
The company I worked for still flies A-4's in Germany as Dart tow aircraft. here's a link http://a4skyhawk.org/9e/bae/bae.htm
Mar 31, 2012 11:45:59 #
Back in my day they used the A3B Skywarrior to refuel off the carriers.
Great Shots
Great Shots
Mar 31, 2012 11:56:00 #
Mar 31, 2012 12:26:24 #
Great shots I was in the USAF and worked as a jet mech on KC135 refuelers and B-52 back when there was a SAC in Loring AFB up state Maine.
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