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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.
The following is a list of United States military aerial refueling aircraft. Active. HC-130; KC-130; KC-130J; KC-135; F/A-18E/F; KC-46; Planned. MQ-25; Retired.
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.
Omega Aerial Refueling Services fleet; Aircraft In service Orders Notes Boeing KC-707-338C: 2 — N707MQ, N707GF McDonnell Douglas KDC-10: 3 — N235UL, N264DE, N974VV
A Russian Air Force (VVS) Ilyushin Il-78 tanker aircraft with its two hose and drogue refuelling devices extended is followed by two Sukhoi Su-24 attack jet aircraft simulating aerial refuelling, flanked by four smaller Yakovlev Yak-130 trainer/fighter aircraft, from the celebration flypast during the Moscow Victory Day Parade of 2010.
All eight aircraft were with the 22d Air Refueling Wing at McConnell AFB, Kansas, in 1994. [16] They are primarily used for force extension and Special Operations missions, and are crewed by highly qualified receiver capable crews. If not used for the receiver mission, these aircraft can be flown just like any other KC-135R.
155th Air Refueling Group: active: ANG: 157th Air Refueling Wing: c. 16 October 1995 – present: Pease ANGB: 157th Air Refueling Group: active: ANG: 161st Air Refueling Wing: c. 16 October 1995 – present: Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport: 161st Air Refueling Group: active: ANG: 163d Air Refueling Wing: c. 16 October 1995 – c. 20 November 2007 ...