I believe that they were louder. I live in southern NH not far from Pease AFB where B-52s were occasionally stationed, and an air refuelling wing flying KC-135s was stationed for many years. The tankers were a common sight in the skies pretty much anywhere in the area, and it was not uncommon to have one taking off over you as you drove along I-95 just off the end of the runway. One day I saw one coming as I was driving up 95, and as it passed over me it made far more noise than I had ever heard one make before. The next morning I asked a friend in the ARNG who flew choppers if he knew why it was three times louder than normal, but he knew nothing about it. Two weeks later I found out that the Persian Gulf War had started, and that the tankers were taking off to refuel fighters that were deploying from Langley AFB to Saudi Arabia. A little while after that I found out that the tankers normally took off with way under a full load for the missions that they ran in those days. For this mission they needed to take off with every ounce that they could lift, and then they circled just off shore and got topped off before heading for their rendezvous with the F-15s.
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