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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.
927th Air Refueling Wing: 1 October 1994 – present: Selfridge ANGB MacDill AFB: 927th Air Refueling Group: active: AFRES [24] 931st Air Refueling Wing: 5 March 2016 – present: McConnell AFB: 931st Air Refueling Group: active: AFRES [25] 939th Air Refueling Wing: 1 April 2003 – 30 June 2008: Portland ANGB: 939th Rescue Wing: none: AFRES ...
A USAF KC-135 boom operator refuels a USAF F-16 during a mission over Iraq. A USAF KC-10 boom operator refuels a Dutch F-16 during a mission over Afghanistan.. In the U.S. Air Force (USAF), a boom operator is an aircrew member aboard tanker aircraft who is responsible for safely and effectively transferring aviation fuel from one military aircraft to another during flight (known as aerial ...
The KC-97 Stratofreighter was an aerial refueling tanker variant of the C-97 Stratofreighter (which was itself based on the Boeing B-29 Superfortress), greatly modified with all the necessary tanks, plumbing, and a flying boom first developed for the KB-29 bomber. The cavernous upper deck was capable of accommodating oversize cargo accessed ...
The organization announced April 9 that it was one of 15 military stations in consideration to house the KC-46A Pegasus, a military air refueling aircraft, and replace its current refueling aircraft.
The KC-10's mixed refueling system of hose-and-drogue and flying-boom allows it to refuel the aircraft of the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps and allied forces. [ 7 ] Unlike the KC-135, the KC-10's hose-and-drogue system allows refueling of Navy , Marine Corps , and most allied aircraft, all in one mission. [ 7 ]
It was redesignated the 141st Operations Group and reactivated when the 141st Wing reorganized under the Objective Wing reorganization. The group's 116th Air Refueling Squadron was first organized during World War I as the 116th Aero Squadron, and is one of the 29 squadrons of the United States Army National Guard formed before World War II.
Sep. 8—The New Hampshire Air National Guard became the first to receive the new KC-46A Pegasus refueling tankers in 2019, and now history is being made again with the first operational ...