KC-10s Prepare to Leave Travis AFB

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https://www.airandspaceforces.com/air-force-final-inspection-kc-10-tankers It’s the end of an era. I never really worked on 10s, other than occasionally blocking one in at Yokota and being around them at Travis, but they were great to fly on and everyone I talked to who worked them seemed to like the plane (unlike a certain airframe whose nickname rhymes with…

Shoot Drone, Get Free Package

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This isn’t an entirely new phenomenon — yokels have been shooting at planes for a long time. When I was stationed at Dover AFB, we’d occasionally find a bullet hole in the empennage, presumably fired by someone who didn’t know how to lead an aircraft, even one as large as a C-5, on approach.

F-15EX

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When I joined the Air Force over 30 years ago, the F-15 was already an "old plane" — it's amazing to see this design still producing new models all these years later. One of the most successful airframes in US military aviation history[image or embed]— Pauliegon (@paulie.cool) Jun 6, 2024 at 7:51 AM