[Scan-DC] What in the world was that, that just flew over?

[b_thom at juno.com]

On Wed, 13 Dec 2006 11:05:26 -0500 Andrew Leyden <andrew at leyden.com>
writes:
> Could have been one of these also
> 
> http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/usa/c3i/e-6.htm
> 
> TACAMO

http://force.navair.navy.mil/Photo%20Gallery%20pg1.htm
http://force.navair.navy.mil/images/e6-1.jpg

Hard to tell from the pix, but it could have a white fuselage. I can't
recall whether what I saw had the structures on the wingtips, which may
be part of its electronics as opposed to fuel tanks. It seems to me that
I would have seen the retracted fueling boom of a KC-135 right away. The
plane I saw was smaller than a 747. Unless it was a Swissair Convair
990.... Oh, wait: they have fuel tanks on the wings too.