B707 tanker plane crashes , no casualties

[regi]

This sounds as a miraculous escape of the crew !
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/US/05/18/ca ... tml?hpt=T2

[smokejumper]

Yes, the crew was fortunate. The plane, a modified 707 (not a KC-135), is a civilian-owned contract aircraft that is used for refueling military fighters for training exercises. Omega Air Refueling owns and operates 2 tankers, 2 707's (one ex-Pan Am and the other ex- Ari France) and a DC-10-40 (ex-Northwest). It was one of the 707 (don't know which) that crashed. The crew fortunately escaped.

Omega Air Refueling's web site is: http://www.omegaairrefueling.com/vms/

[ATCO ACC]

So a private company exists and provides air re-fuelling for any air force in need of this service ???
Did some of you knew that ??