Presently, two aerial refueling methods are practiced ... The program also predicts the post-contact wave motion of the hose for different closure-rates of the receiver aircraft and tension changes in ...

Aerial refueling is the process of transferring ... permanently laid out at different altitudes all over the US The pilots agree on a starting point, an end point, and a meetup time.

The F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike fighter recently wrapped up tested on a lighting assembly that will enable the Navy's F-35C and Marine Corps F-35B variants to conduct aerial refueling at night ...

AC-130J has a Precision Strike Package, while MC-130J has aerial refueling capabilities ... they are quite different in their ...

Altogether, the aircraft flew 33,017 flight hours supporting missions in six different continents and ... while also maintaining its aerial refueling capability and capacity for the warfighter.

Following the adoption of the eight-bladed NP2000 propeller, the U.S. Navy launched an effort to regain the air refueling capability across its fleet and ...

The Finnish Air Force's F/A-18 Hornet fighter jets will participate in training missions with the United States Air Force’s KC-135 Stratotanker aerial refueling aircraft from February 10 to 13, 2025.

MOSCOW, January 25. /TASS/. Russia’s latest Ilyushin Il-78M-90A aerial refueling tanker has performed its debut flight, the Ilyushin Aircraft Company told TASS on Thursday. "Today, on January 25 ...