The KC-135 we flew on.

This is one big airplane, folks!

This is the photo they took of us "Civic Leaders".  ;)

Laura & Chuck in the back of the plane.  Awake.  I think.

View out the left window

Mike, the Boom Operator for the refueling mission and the gentleman who has provided me with several flight suits and a front-row seat in the KC-135 for the landing.  :)

Mike and the other guy who was a seat hog.

The refueling begins.

This is an RC-135, or a reconnaissance (better known as 'spy') airplane.

I took a lot of photos of this trying to get a good one, and never really did.  But I took some with each of my two cameras, and on the big versions I can tell the quality difference.

There's no way to give you perspective on how BIG these airplanes are and how large they look in the window of another airplane.

Though I *have* been closer to other airplanes than this-just not airplanes this large.  ;)

Very close.

Mike did a great job getting the probe properly attached.

The pilot was a lady named Carrie, and her instructor is on the right.

Chuck got to watch for a little while when we were up in the air.

No flash photography was allowed, so these are a little whited out by the natural light from the windows, but oh well.  Cheese!  :)

The panel in the KC-135.

The overhead panel in the -135.

View out the right window portal.

Chuck and a few guys going up into the cockpit.

The Boom Operator's control panel.

More of the cockpit.

Another view of the right

and left wings.