Message posted by Joerg (Webmaster) on October 01, 2020 at 11:59:11 PST:
As most of you will know there was a mid-air collision during air-air refueling of a KC-130J tanker and an F-35B in southern CA a couple of days ago. Luckily the pilot of the F-35 was able to eject successfully and the crippled tanker made a successful emergency landing in a field. This video shows some footage of the accident and of the KC-130 after the emergency landing. It also includes radio traffic of the accident and explains the challenges of air-air refueling.
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