[MilCom] KC-45 Bases

[Ken]

Hello Jack & the group:

I still think one will see aerial refueling routes in every area of the 
country.  Basically the ANG & AF Reserves, typical flight training drills 
are typically about 2 to 3 hours (which includes flight preparation), so 
they will have to keep a/r routes fairly close to bases, since it's doubtful 
they want aircraft flying 1 way for more than 1 hour for training and than 
flying back.  They prefer the training to be closer e.g. 45 minutes to and 
back so that they can get the necessary training.  Of course there's always 
the possibility of random type a/r's, that the McGuire Kc10's do quite a bit 
of.....

Ken
Springfield MA Monitoring Area


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jack L. Metcalfe" <jlmetcalfe at hughes.net>
To: <milcom at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2008 1:04 PM
Subject: [MilCom] KC-45 Bases


> Once the new KC-45s fully replace the KC-135s, they will be based at only 
> four locations, due to the size of the aircraft.  As of now, those bases 
> will be Grand Forks AFB, ND, McConnel AFB, KS, MacDill AFB, FL & Fairchild 
> AFB, WA.  Altus AFB, OK will handle pilot & crew training.  There are 
> currently 530 KC-135s, but only 179 KC-45s will be built to replace them. 
> As the numbers drop, it's likely that the monitoring opportunities will 
> drop also.  I'd also expect to see a large number of AR tracks close just 
> as the Radar Bomb Scoring Sites did once SAC ceased to exist.