[MilCom] Interesting sight over Lebanon OH

[Jack L. Metcalfe]

Duane Mantick wrote:
> Seen a lot of that over here in west central Indiana.  What I usually observe would suggest
> a higher altitude and several miles of separation, with two flying "in trail" and a third
> slightly farther back and off to one side. When conditions are right, I can sometimes
> see the a/c as VERY dark colored which I think would be fairly consistent with a large
> cargo plane - C17, C5, something like that.
>   
> MOST but no all of the time, these flights are east-west or vice-versa from my
> observations...............
>
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I used to see B-52s flying in "cell" formations of three, usually at one 
mile in trail, but I gather from the descriptions, they're ruled out.
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Jack L. Metcalfe -  Stanford, KY
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