[MilCom] LUCKY 42

[Roger Strohmeyer]

Hey Jack,

This off of Ron Perron's call-sign list:


LUCKY  KC-135R AFRC 916ARW 77ARS  Seymour-Johnson AFB NC


-Roger in Sonoma County


On Thu, Jan 14, 2016 at 10:45 AM, Jack L. Metcalfe <jlmetcalfe at kywimax.com>
wrote:

> 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.
>>
> ---
> 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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