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There wasn’t too much risk?

Just last week I told some friends that my godson was being sent to the region but since he was flying -135s there wasn’t too much risk. He wasn’t involved, but this tragic accident starkly reminded me that flying airplanes always involves risk. Them…Them. Prayers for their families and their squadron mates.

Not to take away from the fact that he's a old man, but the shoes like that are pretty in style right now with suits.

This is why we need to bring back some Old Testament laws; particularly the one where if you falsely accuse someone then your punishment is what their punishment would have been if convicted. Send both these cops to prison on felony drug charges, see how well they do there.

THIS! Unfortunately, the 10 percent is what the public sees and forms their opinion. People see gas prices and not much else. Taking out Iran's oil industry is really the only option at this point. Turn off their cash flow. Even if they hit their Gulf neighbors they'll watch as everyone else rebuilds and restart production while they sit on the sideline. They will run out of missiles and I'm sure most if not all of their manufacturing capability is a pile of smoking rubble at this point. On a side note, harsh sanctions against Japan in the 40s pushed them to attack Pearl Harbor and we all know how that movie went. They also had no hope of competing logistically with the US and after 1942 more and more of their assets were the start of artificial reefs with no way to replace them. History repeats.

https://www.airandspaceforces.com/six-airmen-confirmed-dead-kc-135-crash-iran/

Damn. Condolences to the family and friends. May the fallen rest in peace.

All six remembers are deceased and have been recovered.

WSJ is unclear about the last 2 crew members, reporting 4 killed, holding out hope for the last two. Good job by the other crew getting that bird back on the ground.

#TankerLivesMatter RIP friends.

Very bad on the good bad scale. Them Them 🍻

Damn, not news I wanted to wake up to. Prayers for those (and their families) involved. The Wild West is unforgiving - thank you to all the tanker bros crushing it out there, you guys are doing great work in a tough environment.

Excuse me, that's Kim Jong-Clinton to you!

There aren’t RT qualified crews anymore

AMARC is pulling a donor vertical now.

Yeah it’s been wild. Def a numbers game and projections coming up short. I’m curious if that translates into our aircraft options being solid post T-6. Sounds like they’re just beefing up numbers across the board

Six ANG crewmembers on the other jet that went down.

One that made it. Six on the jet that didn't make it. ANG crews.

Anybody know if there are RTs over there? I've been out a little while but if memory serves those are the only 135 to 135 AR platforms

nickel on the grass

Rumor is midair. The other -135 landed with half of its vertical stab.

Air & Space Forces MagazineKC-135 Crashes In Iraq While Supporting Iran OpsA U.S. Air Force KC-135 supporting Epic Fury against Iran crashed in Iraq after a refueling incident involving two aircraft March 12. CENTCOM reporting other aircraft landed safely.

My buddy who applied to this board but got CSO just got an email that he was offered a fixed-wing pilot slot with a PCS in 2 months and no base. Interesting what's going on with all these people getting slots after the fact

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https://www.centcom.mil/MEDIA/PRESS-RELEASES/Press-Release-View/Article/4432850/loss-of-us-kc-135-over-iraq/ KC-135 down over Iraq. They’re saying it was not due to friendly or hostile fire.