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The R-11 Refueler replaced the R-9 Refueler as the primary mobile refueling vehicle for The United States Air Force. There are currently three models of the R-11. The first generation was delivered in 1989 to the Air Force by the Oshkosh Truck Corporation and is commonly referred to as the Oshkosh R-11. The Air Force purchased 1,250 Oshkosh R ...
The M970 Semi-Trailer Refueler is a 5,000-U.S.-gallon (19,000 L; 4,200 imp gal) fuel dispensing tanker designed for under/overwing refueling of aircraft. It is equipped with a filter/separator, recirculation system and two refueling systems, one for underwing and one for overwing servicing.
A KC-135 Stratotanker refuels an F-16 Fighting Falcon using a flying boom. Aerial refueling (), or aerial refuelling (), also referred to as air refueling, in-flight refueling (IFR), air-to-air refueling (AAR), and tanking, is the process of transferring aviation fuel from one aircraft (the tanker) to another (the receiver) while both aircraft are in flight.
The new KC-46A Pegasus tanker, also made by Boeing, has greater refueling capability and space for cargo and aeromedical evacuation than the KC-135 and can takeoff at gross weights of up to ...
Aircraft refuelers can be either a self-contained fuel truck, or a hydrant truck/cart (this variant sometimes called servicer). Fuel trucks are self-contained, typically containing up to 15,000 US gallons (12,000 imp gal; 57,000 L) of fuel and have their own pumps, filters, hoses, and other equipment.
Aerial refueling: Manned 1957 [15] 376 [3] The Air Force is seeking to divest 16 KC-135R/T in FY2025. [57] KC-46A Pegasus: Boeing USA Jet Aerial refueling: Manned FY24 (planned) [58] 77 [59] 179 planned. [35] LC-130H Hercules: Lockheed Martin USA Propeller Cargo aircraft: Manned c. 1984 [60] 10 [61] Assigned to 109th Airlift Wing: MC-12W ...
The aircraft is intended to replace older tankers that required operators to lie down at the back of the refueling tankers using a joystick to guide the boom into place.
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