C-5 Galaxy air refueling with a KC-135 Stratotanker

171st ARW kicks ass! 171 AMXS crew chiefs. Hooah!

171st air refueling wing freaking rocks i have videos from the kc-135 from the boom cockpit and window

Actually if I'm not mistaken the Coast Guard picked up an F-15 pilot of a two ship that collided over the Atlantic recently. In any case the Coasties go through the same schools that the CSAR units in other services go through. They are equally if not better (because they actually do the mission every day) than everyone else. Hurrican Katrina anyone?

a 135's maximum high speed boom airspeed is 160 knots, KC10 is 180 knots. Keeping that C5 from figure eighting is harder than most think... our AF pilots know what I mean...

I'm not sure where you are getting your numbers from. The "slow speed" boom on the KC-135 is rated to 335 knots indicated. The high speed boom is limited by the aircraft's placard speed which can be as high as 373 knots or Mach 0.9.

Yeah it's good stuff. It's hard to imagine something that big, take-off in such a short distance. You don't get a true sense of its size, until you are upclose and personal. On a side note, why does each area of the U.S. military, make fun of each area of branch. You guys are are on the same team. It pains me to hear this. The CG also deserve the utmost respect. You all deserve it. So please, respect your fellow officers of other branches. Thank you for your service to me and this country.

This is a good video. You notice it says "PENNA" on the wings of the boom? My dad just retired from that unit. It's the 171st ARW Pennsylvania Air Guard out of Pittsburgh. Anyway, I am a Marine, and even Lee Ermey didn't know where the term JARHEAD came from. Probably some deck ape swabby in the Navy. Only Jarheads may call other Jarheads JARHEAD!!!! Doggies, Squids, and Zoomies haven't earned the right to call Marines that!!!!

"push" is a good way to put it. Imagine a huge boat plowing through the water with the bow pushing the water away. That's what is happening with the C-5, the KC-10 and the C-17...the heavies. The boom itself actually flies, too. The wings stabilize it in flight and is controlled like flying an airplane.

ok gotcha! i jus needed some clarification.

You're welcome. Glad to be of service. I did forget to add a ditty about that "wake" of air pushing up the tail of the -135. Quite the ride.