Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker
United States17 April 2021
06:13
Origin : MHZ
MHZ
EGUN
Mildenhall
England
United KingdomElevation : 10m / 33ft
Coordinates : 52°21′43″N 0°28′11″E
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The odd forth BLUE so far.So far we have seen 4 BLUEs :
3 KDC-10s from the Gulf
The call sign number, like the ReaCH-es, increments by ten.
1 K35R from the Mildenhall
So far this is the odd one out, same mission, so BLUE too but different type and origin, the added 1 : 82
BLUE61 and BLUE71 flew to Spain. If these last 2 BLUEs are also going to Spain, the odd one out becomes even odder : why would it fly this route from Mildenhall.
11:50 UTC : BLUE81, like the other KDC-10s flying out of the Gulf continues on to Spain while the Mildenhall K35R peels off and returns to the UK. BLUE81 like the others flies a very short holding pattern -- 2 maybe 3 loops -- when off the Israeli coast while the K35R does it's short dance 'under' Crete.
Are there 'clients' we are not seeing ?
Why the K35R ? And why from Mildenhall where there's QID103 on Chania ?
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