Originally Posted by
KC135guy
The Washington ANG shared the ramp with us at Fairchild. They flew the E's and were getting them re-engined to the R's before the BRAC took all their tankers away. They now fly Fairchild's tankers. They might be bone yarding some of the E's just to add to the parts inventory. Just a thought.
Did the same tails come back as R's? My old unit converted from E's to R's a couple of years ago...complete tail swaps, E's to DMA. Was at DMA last week, looks like a TON of E-models out there.