| MYSTERY USAF BOEINGS??? | kevmcl73 | 2/26/08 12:12 PM | What are these boings, at first look they could be JSTARS, but they appear to have a humnp on there back. |
| Re: MYSTERY USAF BOEINGS??? | carmedic | 2/26/08 2:54 PM | They look like Boeing RC-135W Stratolifter 'RivetJoint' There are two more at RAF Mildenhall in this POST_________________________ Links to my aviation photo's My Photo's on Air-Britain My Photo's on Airport-Data The World of Danescombe |
| Re: MYSTERY USAF BOEINGS??? | saukko | 2/27/08 4:13 AM | Hi car ! I don't know anything about KC-135, but comparing the picture and the image: According to the shadows, they don't have extended noses and they do have a small hump or blade on top of the fuselage. I think also the cheeks could be seen in th |
| Re: MYSTERY USAF BOEINGS??? | kevmcl73 | 2/27/08 5:43 AM | Thanks saukko, looks like no cheeks or long nose, is there a hunchback kc135 variant out there?? |
| Re: MYSTERY USAF BOEINGS??? | BattalionCommander | 2/27/08 11:21 PM | its a KC-135 I compared it against the shape of the one at the March AFB museum its the one in front of the camo B52 the site at the March field museum is down but heres the link http://marchairmuseum.com/ and heres the on for the nonprofit site h |
| Re: MYSTERY USAF BOEINGS??? | thehairyscotsman | 2/28/08 6:20 AM | Look like KC-135 Stratotankers used for in-flight refuelling. http://www.af.mil/shared/media/photodb/photos/051020-F-2435S-008.jpg |
| Re: MYSTERY USAF BOEINGS??? | Ender_Wiggin | 3/1/08 5:27 AM | They do appear to have mildly extended noses but not th overly long or bulbous type. Great place this - a flock of H-model Herky birds with a pair of J's, and a gaggle of Lancers. Grant.. |
| Re: MYSTERY USAF BOEINGS??? | Stan567 | 6/9/08 1:41 PM | I am pretty sure that neither of them are KC-135 (no refueling boom is visible, you can see some real KC-135 on the North of the base for comparison). These are two different planes. Also note the strange wingtips. To me, they are two different varia |
| Re: MYSTERY USAF BOEINGS??? | astrathuk | 6/10/08 11:42 AM | They are US Navy E-6s Alex |
| Re: MYSTERY USAF BOEINGS??? | briank982 | 10/24/10 12:08 PM | They look like P-3 Orions to me. |
| Re: MYSTERY USAF BOEINGS??? | daddybob610 | 10/24/10 3:00 PM | The gray ones are P-3 Orions. The three white ones with the hump on thier backs are EP-3E Aries II elint aircraft, same type that force landed at Hainan in April 2001. There are a pair of KC-10 Extenders just west on the apron. |