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KC135 on take off wheels nearly fully retracted


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I only kept this photo as the length of Mildenhall's runway is 9221'x200', this KC135 was at the far end burning rubber, these aircraft are only a tanker conversion of the Boeing 707 and still scheduled to be in service way past 2020, there is a snag with all 707's'135's in as much as the two inner engines are quite a bit lower than the outers, in a cross wind these engines can hit the ground with a wing lifting, I recall speaking to an engineer about this

This pic taken from nearly 2 miles away on touch down through a wire fence and heat haze





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A C130E from the 86th Air Lift Wing at Ramstein AFB in Germany doing a 'roller' at Mildenhall






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Odd that the starboard engine nacelles appear [to me] to be larger, perhaps it is an optical illusion


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MC-130E Combat Talon which is a Special Mission/Special Forces Hercules





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