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Originally Posted by URY914
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On trans-Atlantic "drags" we used to have to slow to 200 indicated, sometimes slower, to allow the A-10s to stay on the boom during refueling. (KC-135R.) So, with the tanker heavy with fuel and slow for the 'Hogs we'd have to roll the flaps out, sometimes to a flap lever position between the individual flap detents, to keep the tanker steady and allow the A-10 the ability to stay on the boom. One of the funniest comments I ever heard was from my boom (boom operator--and no, we didn't refer to them as "boomer"), who asked an A-10 pilot, "Sir, would you like me to [use the boom and] knock those seagulls off your wings?" Happily the Hog driver had a sense of humor and laughed. I think they were Guard guys.