[MilCom] LUCKY 42

[Jack L. Metcalfe]

Jack L. Metcalfe wrote:
> Does anybody on the list know who LUCKY 42 was refueling with today 
> (January 14, 2016) along AR-455 E/W?  This would have been at ~ 1700+ 
> UTC.  I believe LUCKY 42 is a KC-135 out of Seymour-Johnson AFB, NC.  
> They passed just north of me, but I couldn't make out what type the 
> receiver aircraft was.  He was larger & lighter in color from my 
> vantage point, but I didn't have access to binoculars.
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I'll answer my own question.  From a photo I took, it appears to be a 
E-3 AWACS.  I can make out the radar dome on top of the aircraft.
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