On the local news, someone from the AFB announced that yes 2 tankers deployed today. They couldn't say where they deployed to. Other crews are on alert and expect to be deployed soon.

At first I thought maybe they were headed straight for Europe. Now I think they are probably ove New York refueling all those f-15's were flying . If we do start major ops in Europe, those Tankers will be some of the first ones over there. Fairchild AFB is currently the largest tanker base in the country, and anytime anything happens they are called up pretty quickly.

My boss used to fly B-52's out of Fairchild 35 years ago. Sadly we don't see them overhead anymore, just the 135's.

-Steve G.