Around Green Bay it is very common to see a massive military jet circling the city every couple of weeks or so. Given the size of the plane, I always operated under the assumption that it was a B-52. It was big. It was active military. It had to be a B-52.
Hence, on a recent trip to the airport, I noticed the plane I had seen previously around town was now performing "touch and go" maneuvers at Green Bay's airport. Ah, finally the reason why I had seen these things orbiting so often!
I got out of my vehicle and shot the following video:
But where did it come from? There is no military group stationed at GRB. I hit the web and found that this was part of the 128th Air Refueling Wing, stationed out of Milwaukee, and that what I thought was a B-52 was a KC-135.
I should have known better. The number of engines should have been a dead give-away alone.
While the KC-135 is a massive plane, it is still dwarfed by the B-52. See below:
Regardless, it was still fun to see such a big plane - one of America's finest - blasting off right over my head.
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