Awesome story, not many left like you with the experience that you and your crew had. We can keep the aircraft alive but the crews will soon be gone...I've been in a 17, I can't even begin to imagine what it mush have been like for the crews, especially the gunners, being in those seats for so long in the cold and the noise and then add being shot at to top it off... thank you Captain Starks, and please thank all the other crews when you see them again....
They must transfer fuel at a really high rate because they sure didn't seem to stay connected very long or, perhaps since it is only training, they are getting a splash and go so they can come back and do it again. Take about threading the needle....
