Buddy Tanking

Jack Cook · **Posted:** Fri Feb 22, 2008 2:35 pm

A-7E VA-37 buddy tanks a KA-6D of VA-75 flown by CDR Wernan and CDR Boye over the Med 1978.

IRONHORSE · **Posted:** Fri Feb 22, 2008 3:24 pm

Both look like A-7's
Chuck

K5DH · **Posted:** Fri Feb 22, 2008 3:47 pm

The photo was taken from an A-6, not an A-7. The A-7 has a retractable refueling probe on the right side of the fuselage. The A-6's probe sticks up from the center of the nose, in front of the windshield. The cameraman is sitting in the right seat of the A-6.

Cheers!

Jack Cook · **Posted:** Fri Feb 22, 2008 3:51 pm

KA-6D

planenutti · **Posted:** Fri Feb 22, 2008 4:49 pm

Looks like a practice plug to me. A-7 only has the Buddy Stores and one drop tank that I can make out. Pretty darn light load even a recovery tanker mission.
Bob

Jack Cook · **Posted:** Fri Feb 22, 2008 5:17 pm

When the ready tanker went down a A-7E was launched has a back-up.
When my step-dad and CDR Wernan lauched they drained the A-7 who RTBed. This was he first A-6 flight off the Saratoga. I have (or had the whole sequence).

planenutti · **Posted:** Fri Feb 22, 2008 8:18 pm

"Up and up jets off the pointy end, that is our business", as my last Maintenance Officer used to say. It was even better when they came back the same way!!!!

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