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Two KC-10 Extender crew chiefs board the aircraft at Al-Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates, January 5, 2021. (US Air Force/Staff Sgt. Trevor T. McBride, via AP)
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) Someone in the US Air Force apparently watches the cartoon “Rick and Morty.”
An Air Force KC-10 Extender that flew out of Al-Dhafra Air Base in the United Arab Emirates on Sunday used the call sign “PIKLRICK” on a mission that saw it fly east over the Gulf of Oman, according to flight-tracking data. The KC-10A is an aircraft that refuels warplanes in flight.
The call sign appears to be a nod to an episode in which one of the titular characters in the Cartoon Network show turns himself into a pickle to escape a family therapy session. In it, the typically foul-mouthed, drunken scientist Rick Sanchez shouts “I’m Pickle Rick!” as his grandson Morty stares at him with a sad look.
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