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While this
may look like a gag shot, it is actually a "transport of a
transport" necessity. The B-52 was in Beirut, Lebanon undergoing
routine fuel tank cleaning. Workmen accidentally damaged the bladder
system and had to install the bladders from smaller C-130’s temporarily.
The plane was flown to nearby McCullough air base where it was lifted
upon a barge bound for Tyre on the Mediterranean. Once there it was
off-loaded onto the carrier deck for transport to Crete where the appropriate
tank bladders were installed. It was then flown back to Beirut.
Military cooperation in action.
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