All the 29 aircraft involved in the Elephant Walk at Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma, on Apr. 2, 2021. (All images credit: Rob Stephens / @RedhomeAviation)
97th AMW at Altus Air Force Base carried out an impressive Elephant Walk with 29 aircraft, including KC-135s, KC-46s and C-17s.
On Apr. 2, 2021, Altus Air Force Base (AAFB), Oklahoma, conducted an exercise to simulate a mass evacuation of aircraft in preparation of an emergency weather situation. During the exercise, 97th Air Mobility Wing’s aircraft performed a pretty impressive “Elephant Walk”, lining up and taxiing on the runway before taking off for a practice “large-scale evacuation”.
Wise Guy on final at Tinker Air Force Base on Dec. 18, 2020. (All images credit: Rob Stephens / @RedhomeAviation)
The B-52 “Wise Guy” is only the second Stratofortress bomber to ever be restored out of the Boneyard to be returned to the fleet.
As already reported in detail in this previous article, “Wise Guy” is the nickname of the B-52H Stratofortress bomber tail number 60-0034, that is being prepared to return to service with the 5th Bomb Wing at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, by the Tinker Air Force Base’s Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex.
The aircraft has arrived at Tinker AFB, on Apr. 1, 2020, to undergo PDM (Programmed Depot Maintenance), the final part of a three-phase process to resurrect the aircraft, that had been retired after logging more than 17,000 flight hours at the 309th AMARG (Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group) at Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona, in 2008.