On the night of March 27th 1999 a night rescue operation for a downed F117A pilot took place over Bosnia. A 91st ARS KC135 R was vectored by an AWAC with call sign Magic to assist a NATO aircraft call sign Sandy which had participated in the successful pilot rescue but had used it's fuel reserve in doing so . The crew of the KC135 R managed to locate and refuel the A10 over hostile Bosnian airspace . Both aircraft under the assistance of Magic exited the airspace and survived .
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