What aircraft is this one ?

05 Oct 2020 15:07 #1 by airfields man
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I only took these last month at Mildenhall, but forgot what they're called ! Needs putting in the correct slot.

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05 Oct 2020 15:13 #2 by netcompsys
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A KC-135.

It's a USAF tanker

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05 Oct 2020 15:15 #3 by netcompsys
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Looks like an RAF Squadron or station badge on the fin?

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05 Oct 2020 15:38 #4 by airfields man
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Looks like an RAF Squadron or station badge on the fin?




It says ; Royal Air Force Station - Mildenhall.

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05 Oct 2020 16:10 - 05 Oct 2020 16:17 #5 by netcompsys
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Of course....

This is the KC-135 R model with the CFM56 turbofans

I see it also has the MPRS Multi Point Refueling Sysfem pods under the wings so it can deploy the "probe and drogue" system as well as the standard USAF flying boom on the centreline

I don't know how common MPRS installations are

The Multi-point Refueling Systems (MPRS) modification adds refueling pods to the KC-135's wings. The pods allow refueling of U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps and most NATO tactical jet aircraft while keeping the tail-mounted refueling boom. The pods themselves are Flight Refueling Limited (FRL) MK.32B model pods, and refuel via the probe and drogue method common to USN/USMC tactical jets, rather than the primary "flying boom" method used by USAF fixed-wing aircraft. This allows the tanker to refuel two receivers at the same time, which increases throughput compared to the boom drogue adapter.

Via wiki

Edit - Perhaps only 20 in the USAF, and just 4 at Mildenhall

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05 Oct 2020 20:34 - 05 Oct 2020 20:36 #6 by airfields man
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I took these 09-09-2020 at Mildenhall. Written in the yellow band beneath the badge it says ; UT AQUILAE VOLENT

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05 Oct 2020 20:51 #7 by airfields man
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Saw this on another site, this was on the tail of another KC 135 at Mildenhall at some time. In the blue area at the bottom is a B-17. Underneath is says ; Est 1942.

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05 Oct 2020 21:53 #8 by netcompsys
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;UT AQUILAE VOLENT

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07 Oct 2020 09:51 #9 by canberra
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The RAF Mildenhall badge is in fact the old badge of RAF Support Command with RAF Station Mildenhall on it. All the RAF Stations used by the USAF came under RAF Support Command. After Support Command finished Ive no idea who they now report to. And Woodvale also uses the badge.
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