McDonnell Douglas KC-10A Extender

86-0038
 United States
Tanker - Operations - Military

19 April 2021
12:01 UTC

Origin : XJD
XJD
OTBH
Ar Rayyan
Ar Rayyan Municipality
 Qatar
Elevation : 40m / 130ft
Destination : OZP
OZP
LEMO
Morón
Andalucía
 Spain
Elevation : 87m / 285ft

Comment
The sky's turning BLUE, here are the players :
KDC-10 from Qatar
K35Rs from Spain
The earlier BLUE-saga
They form cute pairs and fly towards the Tyrrhenian Sea.
Pretty much exactly the same as last time : they split up : the K35Rs fly one way -- to Mildenhall ? -- and the KDC-10s the other, to Spain. No holding pattern, no nothing. Same same as before expect with more aircraft. Is this in preparation of something ? Training for the Main Event when something like a B-52 plus an escort passes through ?
The KCS-10 BLUEs flew from Spain to Qatar two days ago while the K35Rs flew from Mildenhall to Spain (presumably) and today they all meet up West of Crete and then they all return to their respective home bases. What is this about ?
Now they all appear to be flying to Spain. Let's just see how this plays out...
Converging toward the Gibraltar Straight.
Looks like they're all landing at Morón Air Base.
The last BLUE lands at Morón Air Base.

Operations
 BLUE (72)
 
BLUE : mission : United States Air Force

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