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Breaks applied...
Breaks applied...
I can see very well see the AIR brakes deployed.....when i said pulls up, i didn't mean it's lifting up rather like a bus pulls up on a bus stop...also i did say....after a sortie.Breaks applied...
Hard to say. Its No. 11 Squadron (Arrows), so it can't be from Red Flag (Refueling Op)Escort, intercept or refueling op
Can't see the Winglet, otherwise it would've easily confirmed type of a/c.Yeah wings look similar to C-17's. So I don't recall any C-17 with refuelling boom.
So it looks like escort
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The picture is taken above the wing which indicates it is a mid-wing aircraft hence KC-135. C-17 is a high wing aircraft with no windows above the wing. The two aircraft have different power plants and the easy way to tell the difference externally is that C-17 engine nacelle (cowling/cover) have these vortex generators (fin-like structures) on both inboard and outboard side of the inlet which would have been visible in a shot like this.Can't see the Winglet, otherwise it would've easily confirmed type of a/c.
And yeah, C-17 (Globemaster III) doesn't come in a Refueling variant - as cool as an idea that may be.