and off to the next flower.

There were no gas station in this area near Leh in Ladak

We were one of three tankers this day...

Refueling.

Airbus fly past showing in flight refuelling boom

Colin gets camera-happy and snaps me at the Mobil station in Lanesboro.

Taken in June 1990.

October 25, 1953

Daniel J. Lynch, photographer

We almost ran out of gas on the highway. Luckily gas stations are ubiquitous in the US.

We were one of three tankers this day...

An F-35A Lighting II aircraft assigned to the 115th Fighter Wing, Wisconsin Air National Guard, refueled with a KC-135 stratotanker aircraft, assigned to the 171st Air Refueling Wing, Pennsylvania Air National Guard during a routine training mission, May 14, 2025. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. George Perkins)

If you know what this is please let me know !

Best viewed LARGE to see the two planes in front of us....

I don't think these will be ever used again.

C Rajesh Pamnani 2012

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Riding Up a Mountain

Mt. Tam ride 05.05.10

3500 ft. of climbing

3500 ft. of descending

63.9 miles

Summit: 2400 ft.

October 20, 1953

Daniel J. Lynch, photographer

Refuelling

The red, white and blue smoke came from the initial flyover formation. The wind stirred it up.

(National Museum of the United States Air Force collection, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio, USA)

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The KC-10 Extender is a tanker plane - it refuels other military planes while in the air. It's basically a "flying gas station".

Refuelling

A team of F-35A Lighting II aircraft assigned to the 115th Fighter Wing, Wisconsin Air National Guard, fly of the wing tip of a KC-135 stratotanker aircraft, assigned to the 171st Air Refueling Wing, Pennsylvania Air National Guard during a routine training mission, May 14, 2025. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. George Perkins)