Message posted by lone wolf on October 03, 2005 at 23:04:20 PST:
Trevor and I saw some in-air refueling from Tikaboo Peak. This is interesting since there is no official track in the area. [I've also seen the B2 refueled over the Nellis range where there is no track.] Since the camera was pointing at the base, we don't have any photographs of the refueling. However, I recall the F22 was being refueled in front of us, Later 7 F16s were being refueled behind us (i.e. south of the peak) from two tankers. There were multiple plans on each tanker. I don't recall the model of tanker, though it wasn't the KC10. You have to realize that this sighting was done after hiking to the peak, getting a crappy nights sleep due to wind gusts, having little to eat since most of the space in the backpack was taken up by optics, and breathing thin air at the 8000ft level.
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