Originally Posted by GunGeek
Originally Posted by AJ300MAG
And how they got to where they were going...


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I was in Air Force ROTC and one of the things we got to do was take rides on various aircraft, the most common of which was the KC-135. I went up 3 times in the KC-135 and since we took off out of Mather AFB in Sacramento which was only about 80 miles from Beale AFB, it was more often than not a Mather KC-135 that would tank the SR-71 immediately after takeoff.

So on my 2nd flight, I got to lay in the boom section while the SR was being re-fueled and it was AWESOME!!!

Other aircraft that were re-fueled on other trips were:
A-37 Dragonfly
F-15 Eagle
B-52 BUFF


Didn't know they had Q's based at Mather. The majority of them were based out of Beale, those boys spent a lot of time away from the base TDY through out the world in support of habu. I've given the SAC side at Midenhall a hand a few times working on Q's though that didn't qualify me as a Beale Bandit (Beale Crewchiefs). Them boys had their own level of crazy... grin