matheson31 wrote:

Anderson is the only place where you can see the top of the tanker before it
leaves the ground. Sitting at the end watching our 4 KC-135's depart before
us I was shocked at how much of a bowl it was .

Korat wasn't that much different. From the end of the runway,
you could watch an F-105 disappear behind a hill twice during
his takeoff roll. Then he'd quickly disappear behind the
foliage he just cleared.