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No visible serial and almost totally unmarked apart from a low-viz grey stars-and-bars on the rear fuselage, but ADSBexchange identified it as 59-1501 and it took off with call sign "Nitro 63 heavy."

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After decades of use, most KC-135s have served at several different bases all over the country at this point - sometimes the world. This example has flown out of MacDill in Florida, Mildenhall in the UK, and possibly Pease in New Hampshire.

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Unlike other Blackhawk helicopters flying firefighting duty after retirement by the U.S. Army, I believe that Cal Fire's machines are new builds, paid for by the state.

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Midday sees the last of the tornado evacuees getting ready to depart McClellan Airport.

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