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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.
11th Air Refueling Wing: 2 July 1968 – 25 May 1969: Altus AFB: 11th Bombardment Wing: 11th Strategic Group: SAC [2] 19th Air Refueling Wing: 1 October 1983 – 1 July 1996: Robins AFB: 19th Bombardment Wing: 19th Airlift Wing: SAC, AMC [3] 22nd Air Refueling Wing: 1 October 1982 – present: March AFB McConnell AFB: 22nd Bombardment Wing ...
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 ...
Griffiss Air Force Base, New York. 4060th Air Refueling Wing: 1 January 1959 – 1 February 1960; Dow Air Force Base, Maine. 4108th Air Refueling Wing: 1 January 1961 – 1 January 1963 [22] Groups. 820th Air Base Group (later 820th Combat Support Group): 1 June 1956 – 1 January 1960, [4] 1 April 1961 – 15 September 1964 [9] [23] [24]
Officials say problems with a video system on the new Boeing refueling tankers are preventing them from performing their main mission of refueling other aircraft in flight. The aircraft is ...
The 128th Air Refueling Wing, a Wisconsin Air National Guard facility on the east side of Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport, is in the running for a major upgrade to its aging fleet.. The ...
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 ]