{"id":21704,"date":"2020-02-13T20:17:21","date_gmt":"2020-02-13T20:17:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/02\/13\/kc-135-carrying-middle-high-school-students-conducts-emergency-landing-at-macdill\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T20:35:06","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T20:35:06","slug":"kc-135-carrying-middle-high-school-students-conducts-emergency-landing-at-macdill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/your-air-force\/2020\/02\/13\/kc-135-carrying-middle-high-school-students-conducts-emergency-landing-at-macdill\/","title":{"rendered":"KC-135 carrying middle, high school students conducts emergency landing at MacDill"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airforcetimes.com\/news\/your-air-force\/2019\/10\/20\/first-of-12-additional-kc-135s-arrives-at-fairchild\/?utm_expid=.jFR93cgdTFyMrWXdYEtvgA.1&amp;utm_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F#jwvideo\" target=\"_blank\">KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft<\/a> taking 21 middle and high school <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airforcetimes.com\/news\/your-air-force\/2019\/04\/04\/to-grow-new-diverse-generation-of-pilots-air-force-lawmakers-eye-flight-training-for-jrotc\/\" target=\"_blank\">students with an interest<\/a> in science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics for an educational flight made an emergency landing at MacDill Air Force Base in Florida Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The students safely exited the aircraft after it landed and were checked out by a flight doctor from the 6th Air Refueling Wing before being released from the base, MacDill said in a Facebook post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MacDill spokesman 1st Lt. Brandon Hanner said the students were from local school districts and were members of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airforcetimes.com\/education-transition\/jobs\/2015\/05\/20\/top-air-force-scientist-more-stem-educated-troops-needed\/\" target=_blank>STEAM enthusiast<\/a> groups Vibots and Girls Who Code.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/your-air-force\/2018\/11\/09\/elmo-meet-dr-heather-air-force-secretary-talks-stem-with-sesame-street-characters\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"170\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/SECAF-Sesame-Street.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Elmo, meet \u2018Dr. Heather\u2019: Air Force secretary talks STEM with Sesame Street characters<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The video begins with \u201cDr. Heather,\u201d as the Muppets call her, reassuring Elmo and Abby that they could grow up to become pilots. (That\u2019s one way to fix the Air Force\u2019s pilot shortfall.)<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hanner said MacDill regularly invites local students on these flights as part of its \u201cflying classroom\u201d program to teach young people about the engineering and aeronautics involved in flying aircraft such as the KC-135. Pilots and maintainers typically talk to the students about the mechanics involved in flying a KC-135 and what it takes to get it off the ground, and what kind of career opportunities there are in the military for people with interests in STEAM subjects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MacDill said in its Facebook post that the KC-135\u2032s pilot decided to land after the crew noticed \u201ca potential issue in the boom pod area.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hanner said the plane landed safely \u201cdue to the expertise of the pilot and everyone on the aircraft,\u201d but the incident is now under investigation. 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