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

[James Brummett]

Fire Department personnel(Crew)

                                James,

From: "Ken" <rfinder1 at verizon.net>
To: <commscan2 at flash.net>
CC: MilCom <milcom at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: Re: [MilCom] KC-135 & B-52 Refueling on AR-302
Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2004 16:26:40 -0500

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.


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