Like bees to honey…
Three F-16 Fighting Falcons refuel behind a KC-10 Extender over the Pacific Alaska Range Complex April 13 during Red Flag-Alaska 07-1. Red Flag-Alaska is a Pacific Air Forces-directed field training exercise flown under simulated air combat conditions.
Photo Courtesy of the US Air Force.
Brings back fond memories of refueling sorties from my 135. Not always fighters though, usually you’re gassing some Navy E6 or another tanker. And once 9/11 came around, we were filling up NATO C2 birds constantly.
Not to be picky, but shouldn’t that particularly fine example of a multi-role airplane be referred to by it’s proper name, namely Viper?
Well, the official name is the Fighting Falcon after all. See: http://www.f-16.net/articles_article10.html