Us Air Force KC-135 Missing Over English Channel

[pilotman6012]

Here is the info:


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... annel.html

[wamovements]

Dailyfail again
Quid 72 (61-0321) landed 6 hours ago at RAF Mildenhall

[highphlyer]

Amiens has a 1230m and 25m wide runway.
If a KC-135 wants to get airborne in Amiens, it must be with minimum fuel only. Understandably that would not be sufficient to make it over the channel

[AK01]

Amiens has a 1230m and 25m wide runway.
If a KC-135 wants to get airborne in Amiens, it must be with minimum fuel only. Understandably that would not be sufficient to make it over the channel

This is an often made mistake, it 1st shows at FR24 or Planefinder over Amiens, so some people think it departed Amiens.
As you can see it was overhead Amiens at Fl270, so no this did not depart Amiens.. Rather sad to see how the Daily makes a mistake like this.

[nilsko]

Offical statement @ http://www.mildenhall.af.mil/news/story ... =123446539

[Sleegertje]

Link does not work

[nilsko]

Weird, works for me. But if you go to http://www.mildenhall.af.mil/ and then click on the link under "RAF Mildenhall Latest News" the newsitem should show up.

[Stratofreighter]

RAF Mildenhall KC-135 Stratotanker lands safely

Posted 4/29/2015 Updated 4/29/2015 Email story Print story

by Staff Reports
100th Air Refueling Wing Public Affairs

4/29/2015 - RAF MILDENHALL, England -- A KC-135 Stratotanker with call sign QUID 72
experienced an in-flight emergency
at approximately 12:20 a.m. today.

It safely returned to RAF Mildenhall at 1:20 a.m.

There were no injuries.

Safety is paramount to the success of our mission. The Air Force's stringent safety standards help ensure the well-being of our people and the communities we interact with.

For more information, contact the 100th ARW Public Affairs office

[Le Addeur noir]

Dailyfail again
Quid 72 (61-0321) landed 6 hours ago at RAF Mildenhall

Not only the Daily Hiel, (read you history) but the Daily Express were running this one with a picture of a KC-10A on their website.

For those not familiar with British tabloids, disregard anything they publish in the first 31 days of any month. After that, anything they publish may just have some relationship with the truth.

[Richard from Rotterdam]

Maybe an idea to change the topic title? In "False Alarm" maybe?

[Wijgert IJlst]

As we say in Holland "een hoog Telegraaf gehalte". When does the press start checking their facts first?

[Wijgert IJlst]

Dailyfail again
Quid 72 (61-0321) landed 6 hours ago at RAF Mildenhall

Not only the Daily Hiel, (read you history) but the Daily Express were running this one with a picture of a KC-10A on their website.

For those not familiar with British tabloids, disregard anything they publish in the first 31 days of any month. After that, anything they publish may just have some relationship with the truth.

Sigh... ah, newspapers...