Low level refuel

[Gunslinger808]

Standing out by the fence talking to the neighboor when I see Two V-22s doing mid air refuels as they fly over.
Ran the 50yds back to the house for my camera just to get this fuzzy pic, had the long range lens on or I wouldn't have even got this much.

 

[diamonback68]

Close enough, I can see the refueling line. Nice.

 

[labworm]

Great picture.

 

[bp231986]

lol what would you say your 50 yard dash time was!?

Cool pic!! thanks for sharing!

 

[jkc]

Three V22s passed over Apache Lake last Thursday afternoon, and there may also have been an osprey, as well...

 

[mtelkhntr]

That is so neat. A few years back I had the chance to ride in a KC-135 and crawl down with the boom operator to watch them refuel F-16's. What's so unbelievable is that you can nearly read the nametags on the fighter pilots. Cool to watch and see.

 

[Gunslinger808]

lol what would you say your 50 yard dash time was!?

With or without the time I spent gasping for air?

I see them quite often between here and Tucson, missed out on a pic of about Ten of them flying formation with helicopter escorts about a month ago.
Was headed to Tucson on Hwy 79.

 

[bp231986]

With or without the time I spent gasping for air?

I see them quite often between here and Tucson, missed out on a pic of about Ten of them flying formation with helicopter escorts about a month ago.
Was headed to Tucson on Hwy 79.

lol i shouldnt be talking. Last July i was involved in a foot pursuit and was shocked that i had to take like 30 seconds to catch my breath before i could talk to dispatch Ive since stopped smoking and got my butt back in the gym

 

[snakeye]

Three V22s passed over Apache Lake last Thursday afternoon, and there may also have been an osprey, as well...

Uh jkc the V-22 is called the Osprey

 

[jkc]

Uh jkc the V-22 is called the Osprey

Thanks for pointing this out --- I'm aware that the Marine's V-22 VTOL capable aircraft is officialy dubbed the "Osprey", but, the raptor colloquially called the "fishhawk", for which the aircraft is named, is correctly spelled with its generic, lower case appellation: "osprey". Forgivably, you may have missed the nuance that the V-22s were observed flying over a lake, where an actual avian osprey might predictably be found.

 

[rwsmith]

Cool Daddy

I saw a couple of these flying around Charleston, SC. The main function of the base here is C-117s but many planes show up here for visits and being on the coast we get some Naval traffic. I used to live in the flight line and you could see the grease in the wheel wells of C-141s as they came in at a couple of hundred feet. One thing I used to love to see was the ANG F-106 Delta Darts as they scrambled. They must have been bored with routine flying because I saw some awesome departures. One was flying big circles doing touch and goes and came in for another pass when a small private plane was doing a final approach to land. The little plane was in front of and underneath so I''m sure the jet pilot never saw him. That little plane buffeted around and I'll bet the pilot had a load of bricks. Somebody must have gotten the F-104 pilot on the radio because he went around once more and landed. Since nothing bad happened it was kind of funny.

BTW The neatest trick I've seen C-117s do was when 6 of them in a row literally dropped out of the sky to do a quick turn and a short field approach landing. In combat zones that maneuver helps avoid getting hit by RPGs on approach.