Video: AWACS Jet Nearly Crashes Into Tanker During Refueling Mission

[NYCA News]

NYCAviation:

Video: AWACS Jet Nearly Crashes Into Tanker During Refueling Mission (http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nycaviation/~3/RqkovnaH5fk/)

A couple of AWACS pilots and a KC-135 tanker boom operator each probably needed a new pair of pants after this incident.http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nycaviation/~4/RqkovnaH5fk
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[moose135]

That scared me just watching, and I haven't flown a tanker since before half of you here were even alive!

[Matt Molnar]

Any idea what could have caused that, Moose?

[hiss srq]

Having never flown a contact before it is pure speculation but just a case of PIO gone bad?