My old squadron VS-33

[NickBeek]

"The World Famous Screw Birds" No chit that was our name.

[kenz]

Freakin' cool!  Didn't know you could fuel up 3 planes at once. And that carrier landing was the bomb! Were you the fighter squadron or the refueling squadron? Is that a KC-135? Do they still use them? Years back there was a base about 70-80 miles north of me (Wurtsmith Air Force Base) That had B-52s and KC-135s. We used to go up and watch the planes take off and land. It was amazing when they landed, the ground shook and sun disappeared!

[NickBeek]

VS-33 was a Navy anti submarine squadron. Later after I got out they added refueling to their duties, as well as ground attack. Sadly they just recently retired the S3 aircraft and disbanded all the squadrons. I believe the S3 could only refuel one at a time, the bigger tankers in that vid can do 3 at a pop.