Fairbanks, AK, USA - 16/04/2008

When John Gott, the Public Affairs guy at Eielson AFB confirmed that we could have a second crack at doing the Red Flag Alaska tanker ride (the first having been weather scrubbed), it was a no brainer.

We flew back up to Fairbanks from Anchorage early in the morning on the day of our proposed ride. With the morning to kill we hung around the perimeter at Fairbanks and were treated to a couple of very welcome bonuses - a Brooks DC-4, the NASA DC-8 and an Everts Air Fuel DC-6.

While driving round the perimeter we'd noted that the C-46 on the ramp was a different one. This time it was C-46F "Salmon Ella", and our now good friend Rink at Everts was only to happy to take us out on the ramp to shoot her.

And with that it was time to head down to Eielson for our ride.