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Close call: E-3 AWACS almost collides with KC-135 tanker mid-air

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It must have been one of the most frightening view in the career of the KC-135′s flying boom operator. A NATO E-3  Sentry almost hit the tail of the tanker and its flying boom during air-to-air refueling operations. Not only the close proximity of the two large planes was dangerous, but also the evasive maneuver [...]

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