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DC-10 with an escort of 6 F-22s over Calgary?
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Wiskedjak
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Feb 21, 2010, 09:18 PM
 
Who'd be flying over Calgary today in a DC-10 with an escort of 6 F-22s heading NW?
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Feb 21, 2010, 09:21 PM
 
I think thats 6 F-22s with an DC-10 escort. (mid re-fueling)
     
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Feb 21, 2010, 09:30 PM
 
Ahhhh ... that makes sense. Probably heading up to CFB Cold Lake, then. It's not often that fighters are seen around here, and usually then only F-18s flying 1-by-1. Seeing 6 F-22s in formation around a DC-10 was more than a little unusual (particularly when they were all spitting out contrails ... which I wasn't able to photograph in time
     
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Feb 21, 2010, 09:33 PM
 
I think you can even make out the refueling boom in the first photo. Great pictures.

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Feb 21, 2010, 09:42 PM
 
Thanks! I was scrambling to replace my wide angle with my telephoto before they passed overhead. It was pretty spectacular when they were all streaming contrails.
     
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Feb 21, 2010, 09:45 PM
 
That indeed is a KC10 tanker. The giveaway is the boom, which can be seen in the first picture connecting to the F22 directly behind the tanker.

Now why they'd be flying over Calgary, I haven't a clue, but that's a mid-air refueling setup, very much by the book.

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Feb 21, 2010, 09:48 PM
 
It might just be the angle, but it looks like the Raptor to the rear of the KC-10 is in the process of topping off. Nice catch!
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Feb 21, 2010, 11:00 PM
 
It's a white gold DC-10 and the resurrected L. Ron Hubbard.
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Feb 22, 2010, 02:27 AM
 
Could be Omega's KDC-10 rather than a "real" KC-10.
     
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Feb 22, 2010, 08:39 AM
 
I'm shocked.
This is probably just some aggressive pigeons following a fat swan, you conspiracy nuts are everywhere.
     
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Feb 23, 2010, 07:22 PM
 
Nice capture. Most likely on their way home to Elmendorf.
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Feb 23, 2010, 07:35 PM
 
Originally Posted by olePigeon View Post
It's a white gold DC-10 and the resurrected L. Ron Hubbard.
olePigeon wins the thread, except that you can't resurrect someone who never died.
     
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Feb 23, 2010, 09:00 PM
 
Originally Posted by Spheric Harlot View Post
olePigeon wins the thread, except that you can't resurrect someone who never died.
Very true. L. Ron has been publishing regularly since the 1950s. Maybe he's metabolically challenged lately, but he's hardly dead...
Originally Posted by glideslope View Post
Nice capture. Most likely on their way home to Elmendorf.
I hadn't thought of Elmendorf, but that's a very strong possibility.

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Feb 23, 2010, 10:43 PM
 
Originally Posted by glideslope View Post
Nice capture. Most likely on their way home to Elmendorf.
Looks like Elmendorf is home to some F-22s (6, in 2007).
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Feb 23, 2010, 10:45 PM
 
I am home to velociraptors.
     
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Mar 22, 2010, 05:28 PM
 
Those are CFA-18s, not F-22s. The F-18 is long and skinny where the F-22 has more of a boxy shape when viewed from below. Still a great shot!
     
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Mar 22, 2010, 05:38 PM
 
Originally Posted by spacemdler View Post
Those are CFA-18s, not F-22s. The F-18 is long and skinny where the F-22 has more of a boxy shape when viewed from below. Still a great shot!
They look pretty boxy to me. The wings, in particular, appear "rounded" like the F-22 and not at all like the F-18, and the tail appears to have a "cut-out" where the tailplanes extend beyond the engine as on the F-22.

See the side-by-side comparison in the middle below:


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Mar 22, 2010, 09:21 PM
 
Definitely not F-18's.
     
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Mar 22, 2010, 09:33 PM
 
Originally Posted by spacemdler View Post
Those are CFA-18s, not F-22s. The F-18 is long and skinny where the F-22 has more of a boxy shape when viewed from below. Still a great shot!
Erm, no. by your own description, they are F-22s.
     
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Mar 22, 2010, 09:35 PM
 
They are definitely F-22s. No doubt about it.

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Mar 22, 2010, 09:47 PM
 
My apologies! I just got to access the the full size image and they're definitely Raptors.
You'd think with all the planes I've photographed over the years I'd be immune to making rookie mistakes
     
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Mar 22, 2010, 10:02 PM
 
In my flickr comment feed, a local pilots says that while he was flying in the area the Calgary Terminal informed him that there was a flight of 6 Raptors and a DC10 passing through the area.
     
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Mar 22, 2010, 10:51 PM
 
Originally Posted by spacemdler View Post
My apologies! I just got to access the the full size image and they're definitely Raptors.
You'd think with all the planes I've photographed over the years I'd be immune to making rookie mistakes
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Mar 22, 2010, 11:38 PM
 
Originally Posted by spacemdler View Post
My apologies! I just got to access the the full size image and they're definitely Raptors.
You'd think with all the planes I've photographed over the years I'd be immune to making rookie mistakes
Accepted. Besides you should have noted no canopies painted on the bellies.
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