Single Engine
By Cdr. Jeff Hyink
y wingman and I departed the right wing of the KC-135 tanker and climbed 1,000 feet to clear the tanking stack. As we cleared the tanker’s airspace, I swung the nose of my FA-18C eastward toward Baghdad, the site of our Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) tasking. As I accelerated away from the tanker track, I heard an unwelcome “thud, thud, thud” from behind the cockpit, followed almost immediately by a chorus of “deedle-deedles” from the master-caution circuit. It was going to be an interesting mission. 26
Approach
