KC-135 down, another damaged

[NovemberEcho]

It appears to be a mid air between two -135’s? One went down in Iraq, one made emergency landing in Tel Aviv.

U.S. military plane crashes in Iraq as status of crew is unknown, officials said

An aerial refueling tanker crashed in Western Iraq, U.S. officials said.

www.cbsnews.com

 

[derg]

Ooof:

https://www.centcom.mil/MEDIA/PRESS-RELEASES/Press-Release-View/Article/4432850/loss-of-us-kc-135-over-iraq/

 

[arkavgal]

This sucks.

 

[Cherokee_Cruiser]

KC 135 down?

 

[Pilot Fighter]

I remembered when they pulled parachutes from 135’s around 2008. Did they ever get them back?

I think C-17 crews have chutes aboard.

 

[ppragman]

That sucks.

 

[MikeD]

I remembered when they pulled parachutes from 135’s around 2008. Did they ever get them back?

I think C-17 crews have chutes aboard.

They were never put back on the -135

 

[Cherokee_Cruiser]

No hostile fire. Went down over Iraq, saying 2 aircraft involved and one landed safely. Midair?

 

[Pilot Fighter]

They were never put back on the -135

KC-46’s don’t have them either.

I saw the “rescue” word and was hoping it didn’t mean what it always means.

 

[melax]

They were never put back on the -135

Air Force pulls parachutes from KC-135s > 940th Air Refueling Wing > Article View

 

[guywhoflies]

 

[guywhoflies]

I also saw a report that there were not three but six people aboard the -135 that went down.

 

[Cherokee_Cruiser]

Air Force pulls parachutes from KC-135s > 940th Air Refueling Wing > Article View

First paragraph:


By design, parachutes slow things down. Crew members forced to evacuate in-flight aircraft with parachutes, for example, have much gentler impacts with the ground than those without chutes.




You don’t say?

 

[Inverted]

Putting America first has been super fun so far. 1 year in of putting America first, and I am very satisfied.

 

[derg]

I have a lot of guard buddies flying 135’s around, I’m not ready to start searching through the socials yet.

 

[Pilot Fighter]

I have a lot of guard buddies flying 135’s around, I’m not ready to start searching through the socials yet.

I have two friends that have sons in the same Guard unit.

I’m not even tempted to zoom in on that pic.

 

[MikeD]

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Looks like a Beale Reserve bird. 914th squadron of the 940th Wing. Doesn’t mean the other jet was same unit, as the tankers operating overseas are from a number of different units, and operate interchangeably. Tankers and transport planes don’t deploy as whole squadrons, such that tactical jets do.

 

[Pilot Fighter]

Looks like a Beale Reserve bird. 914th squadron of the 940th Wing. Doesn’t mean the other jet was same unit, as the tankers operating overseas are from a number of different units, and operate interchangeably. Tankers and transport planes don’t deploy as whole squadrons, such that tactical jets do.

You’re right, I think ANG 135’s have commonly deployed in pairs but two units could be involved.

TN news reporting an “unnamed high-ranking officer” says downed plane was not from the 134th.

A couple years ago I was a guest on a 164th C-17 and observed tanking ops with a 134th KC-135.

 

[MikeD]

You’re right, I think ANG 135’s have commonly deployed in pairs but two units could be involved.

TN news reporting an “unnamed high-ranking officer” says downed plane was not from the 134th.

A couple years ago I was a guest on a 164th C-17 and observed tanking ops with a 134th KC-135.

Reserve and ANG heavies usually deploy with aircraft and personnel from two or three different units per singular rotation, that makes up the deployed “provisional” unit.

 

[MikeD]

Most likely scenario is a cell of tankers, often three. Likely not even from the same unit, operating in the same enroute track or refueling hold track, not emitting anything, lights out, just procedural deconfliction of maybe 500 to 1000 vertical maybe a mile or less lateral.