[MilCom] KC-135 & B-52 Refueling on AR-302

[Ken]

I wondering what the term "crew" means.  Is it base ops types, flying unit 
pilots, or fire department personnel?
So basically what B52 aircraft are doing is "low approaches" versus 
"touch/goes"?

Ken

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brian Scott" <commscan2 at flash.net>
To: "Shawn Levy, USMC S-2" <shawnl at prodigy.net>; "MilCom" 
<milcom at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, November 14, 2004 3:30 PM
Subject: RE: [MilCom] KC-135 & B-52 Refueling on AR-302


> snip..snip..
> snipp..I went to the Gregg Co. Airport
> close to Longview, TX.  I was over at the airport fire station with a 
> friend
> and we started talking with the FD guys who were on duty there.  They 
> passed
> some interesting information on that I'd been unaware of.  I knew B-52s 
> (and
> other a/c) occasionally did practice approaches there, but I didn't know
> Barksdale had such stringent rules for these practice runs.  The FD crew 
> was
> telling us that the B-52s were never allowed to let their wheels touch 
> down
> on their approaches unless a crew from Barksdale was there to monitor
> things.