[MilCom] LUCKY 42

[Jack L. Metcalfe]

n5fpw at frontier.com wrote:
> Hey Jack and all,
>
> Probably AE11E1 77-0353 c/s Sentry 60
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Thanks for the confirmation, Larry.  As I said earlier, I didn't have 
binoculars with me, but did take a photo.  The photo clearly showed the 
AWACS radar dome.  Lucky 42 was the KC-135 refueling the AWACS.  Come to 
think of it, I believe AR-455 E/W is mostly used by AWACS.  I culled 
this from a flight handbook: "552 OSS/OSOS retains exclusive bump 
privileges"

Jack Metcalfe
Stanford, KY


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> -----Original Message----- From: Jack L. Metcalfe Sent: Thursday, 
> January 14, 2016 1:45 PM To: Milcom Subject: Re: [MilCom] LUCKY 42
> 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.