Flew on KC-135 Tankers while in the AF. Valving and other safety features prevent any large amounts of fuel from being dumped during Air Refueling. Also, aviation fuel vaporizes very quickly at the altitudes we refueled at. Even at low levels vaporization is quick. I would have to dig out the old checklists but I believe our emergency fuel dump procedures had a minimum altitude of 3000 ft. Used to love using Eagle Island as a radar offset for turning on the NE leg of AR Track 212 which runs right up over Northern New England into Maine.
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