LCK ARPT OPS SUPVR ALLEGES KC135 GAR CAUSED BECAUSE OF NON XFER OF CTL FROM CMH TO LCK TWR WITH MEN AND EQUIP ON RWY PROVIDING SNOW REMOVAL.

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DURING SNOW OPS AT APPROX XA45; A KC-135; BASED AT THIS ARPT (LCK RICKENBACKER INTL); ALMOST LANDED ON A SNOW REMOVAL CREW ON RWY 5R WITHOUT HAVING THE PROPER ATC CLRNC TO LAND. THE PLT WAS TALKING TO COLUMBUS ATC CTL. COLUMBUS SWITCHED THE ACFT OVER TO LCK TWR; BUT THE PLT DID NOT CONTACT LCK TWR UNTIL HE SAW THE EQUIP ON THE RWY. AT THAT TIME HE SAID 'GOING AROUND;' THEN PULLED UP AND CIRCLED AROUND FOR ANOTHER APCH. IT WAS SNOWING AND THE VISIBILITY WAS APPROX 1 MI.; THE ACFT WAS APPROX 300 FT OVER THE THRESHOLD BAR OF THE RWY. THE LCK CTLR STATED THAT HE DID NOT KNOW THE ACFT WAS ON FINAL APCH BECAUSE THE ACFT DID NOT HAVE A T-TAG (ON THE RADAR SCOPE) AND NEVER CONTACTED HIS TWR FREQ. THE LCK CTLR FOUND OUT THAT THE ACFT WAS ON FINAL APCH WHEN VEHICLES ON THE RWY INQUIRED ABOUT IT ON GND FREQ; AND BY THAT TIME THE ACFT HAD ALREADY BEGUN THE GAR. THERE WERE 2 PLOWS; 2 BROOMS AND 2 PICKUP TRUCKS ON THE RWY. THE LCL FSDO OFFICE WAS NOTIFIED AND A RPT WAS MADE WITH THE FAA. ALSO; WE HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH BOTH COLUMBUS AND RICKENBACKER'S TWR CHIEFS. MY CONCERN IS THAT THIS IS THE SECOND TIME IN 2 YRS THAT WE HAVE HAD THIS HAPPEN AND THIS MAY BE A SYS PROB AS WELL AS HUMAN ERROR.