Originally Posted by
farefield
If they weren't refuelling how much credence can we give to a theory that the Ohio ANG crew were being overseen by an active service crew, detected what they thought was an incoming missile, turned and climbed to avoid and then collided?
Has it been confirmed that the Ohio crew and not the Alabama crew were the newcomers to the theatre?
I don't recall seeing anything that identified their respective roles, though I may have missed it.