KC-135 Combat Deployment Afghanistan Operation Enduring Freedom 2013 (1080 HD)

This is a video chronicle of one crew's deployment to the Middle East in the fall of 2013 to refuel and extend the missions of combat strike and support aircraft in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. The video includes refueling of the B-1B Lancer (1:37), the E-3 Sentry (2:45), the AC-130 Spectre (3:01), the F-15E Strike Eagle (3:16), F-16 Fighting Falcon (3:40 & 5:04), F/A-18 Super Hornet using Multi-point Refueling System - MPRS (3:58), UAE F-16 with Conformal Fuel Tanks (4:32 & 5:16) and F/A-18 Super Hornet using the Boom Drogue Adapter - BDA (6:20). The refueling from 5:35-6:20 is with an emergency F-16 with a severe fuel leak near the rear of the aircraft under the elevator. You can see it continue to leak fuel after the first disconnect and again during the second contact. The F-16 flight lead conducted several battle damage assessments (BDA) of his wingman throughout the emergency. Sunset time lapse is at 90X speed.
Nobody Kicks Ass Without Tanker Gas.... Nobody!
Special thanks to Combat Camera's SSgt Roidan Carlson and his footage of the crew and the B-1B. Other footage is with a GoPro Hero 3 Black Edition.
Copyright acknowledgement through "Fair Use" of 3 Doors Down (Life on My Own) and Puddle of Mudd (Blurry) for the audio.

[@jeffreystanfill494]

Great video. I'm in the 564th at Tinker. We work on these everyday. I treat everyone like my daughter or mother is flying it everyday. We put a ton of work into these to keep them flying! Great to see our hard work pay off.

[@daviddebord2132]

Awesome video of Tanker ops in the AOR..from a Pyramid controller. NKAWTG

[@TheBrad9338]

Great Job Derrick, we are proud of you.

[@torgeirbrandsnes1916]

Where is home of the WI 125 ANG? Greetings from Norway. Great vlog!

[@derrickbaker8226]

It’s the 128th ARW. www.128arw.ang.af.mil

[@zone2Ironman]

Great job on the vid!

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