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zulu261
02-07-2007, 07:27 AM
In regard of the 114 viewers, I don't think that it was posted before, but you can never be sure ;)

Nice moon there.

http://www.youtube.com/watch/v/QKVPpK8zXWk
Longbow-
02-07-2007, 10:06 AM
Awesome video :)
xMarsx
02-07-2007, 10:11 AM
Outstanding video! Anyone have a guess who may have filmed it and from where?
Sabre
02-07-2007, 10:23 AM
Outstanding video! Anyone have a guess who may have filmed it and from where?

Sounds like French tanker **** to me...p-)
whutitdewboi713
02-07-2007, 11:04 AM
those are US KC-10s.. probably filmed by french fighters
Uncle Chô
02-07-2007, 11:28 AM
The pilot is talking to his back-seater -the comments about the gender of both tankers is indeed hilarious- it does mean this is probably shot from a 3rd Wing Mirage 2000D flying out of Dushanbe, Tajikistan.

The images with the moon as the background are gorgeous, too bad they are B&W screenshots from the FLIR pod.
xMarsx
02-07-2007, 12:36 PM
I wonder if one of those KC-10s is my brother's plane. Do we refuel the French planes, too?
Makita
02-07-2007, 12:54 PM
That was almost surreal with the moon like that. Thanks for the post!
Uncle Chô
02-08-2007, 03:45 AM
I wonder if one of those KC-10s is my brother's plane. Do we refuel the French planes, too?

That's affirmative. Both Air Force (Armee de l Air) and Navy (Aeronavale). Mirage F1CR, Mirage 2000D and Super Etendart.

The KC-10 must be configured before the mission with the refuelling basket (like they do for the USN and USMC aircraft) as the French only use this system (the only exception I think are the 4 French AWACs that were not modified with a refuelling probe for cost reasons)
dunkin
02-08-2007, 04:44 AM
Great vid! Thanks for sharing it.
neophyte77
02-08-2007, 06:22 AM
the moon is HUGE
xMarsx
02-08-2007, 10:21 AM
That's affirmative. Both Air Force (Armee de l Air) and Navy (Aeronavale). Mirage F1CR, Mirage 2000D and Super Etendart.

The KC-10 must be configured before the mission with the refuelling basket (like they do for the USN and USMC aircraft) as the French only use this system (the only exception I think are the 4 French AWACs that were not modified with a refuelling probe for cost reasons)

Good to know that French forces can still play nice with the US. I wish the same could be said for the governments..