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The tanker is designed to be towed by a 5-ton, 6x6 truck tractor or similar vehicle equipped with a fifth wheel. The M970 can be loaded through the bottom or through the top fill openings. A ladder is provided at the front of the semitrailer for access to the top manhole, and a 4-cylinder diesel engine and pump assembly provides self load ...
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 ...
Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... The following is a list of United States military aerial refueling aircraft. Active. HC-130; KC ...
In April 2016, REV Group acquired Nesquehoning, Pennsylvania-based fire truck manufacturer Kovatch Mobile Equipment Corp (KME), which services municipal, state and federal governments. [35] KME was founded in 1946; it began by producing aircraft refueling trucks before shifting into the fire truck market in the 1980s. [ 36 ]
The first aircraft (No. 847) has been modified into a tanker by fitting it with an aerial refueling pod similar to that used by the NAVY on S-3 Vikings and F/A-18E/Fs. The second aircraft (No. 845) is flying as the receiver aircraft during the study to quantify the free-stream hose and drogue dynamics.
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The refueling system of larger aircraft includes a single positive pressure refueling point from which all tanks can be fueled. How much and to which tanks fuel is fed during refueling operations is determined by the controls in the refueling panel, usually installed nearby and accessible to ground crews.
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 [citation ...