Seeing weird activity from this K35
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Anyone keeping an eye on the sky today?
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The SR-71 has been out of service for some time.
Maybe whatever has replaced it is up over that area, as that's the only reason a T would be doing?
They refuel many different kinds of aircraft. In this case, because of the short loops, I'd bet fighters.
I thought this was a T? as in KC 135T - and thought they were specially designed to refuel the SR-71 when in service. I don't know if the T specifically refuels any other air assets or if it's the normal KC -135 tankers?
The main difference between the "T" models and "plain" 135's is the engines capable of higher altitudes/speed and the ability to "dispense" a different fuel than they burn themselves. They can refuel just about anything depending what fuel they have on board.