Aerial refueling
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Aerial refueling, also referred to as air refueling, in-flight refueling, air-to-air refueling, and tanking, is the process of transferring aviation fuel from one aircraft to another while both aircra
A KC-135 Stratotanker refuels an F-16 Fighting Falcon using a flying boom
Chinese Chengdu J-20, Shenyang J-16, and Xian YY-20 in an aerial refueling formation
Capt. Lowell Smith and Lt. John P. Richter receiving the first mid-air refueling on 27 June 1923
The US Air Force Boeing B-50 Superfortress Lucky Lady II being refueled by grappled-line looped-hose during the first non-stop circumnavigation of the world by air (1949)
Boeing KC-46 Pegasus
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The Boeing KC-46 Pegasus is an American military aerial refueling and strategic military transport aircraft developed by Boeing from its 767 jet airliner. In February 2011, the tanker was selected by
Aerial refueling
…tanker aircraft extends and inserts into a receptacle on the receiving aircraft. All boom-equipped tankers (e.g. KC-135 Stratotanker, KC-10 Extender, KC-46 Pegasus) have a single boom and can refuel one aircraft at a time with this mechanism. In the late 1940s, General Curtis LeMay, commander of the Strategic Air…
A U.S. Air Force KC-46A with refueling boom lowered
An Italian Air Force KC-767 on the apron at McConnell AFB/Boeing Factory in Wichita, Kansas, in 2010
A KC-46A refuels an A-10 Thunderbolt II.
A KC-46A connects with an F-35A Lightning II over California, 2019.