The test is aimed at expanding the refueling envelope of the A400M to refuel a wide variety of NATO aircraft, and follows the ...

In fact, so far only the V-22 Osprey was cleared to be refueled by the upgraded C/KC-130T as it added aerial refueling to its mission sets. The need to be able to refuel more aircraft types drove ...

Presently, two aerial refueling methods are practiced. One method uses a hose-drogue-probe assembly for the delivery of fuel. Alternatively, probe-drogue refueling (PDR) involves coupling a probe on a ...

Aerial refueling is the process of transferring fuel ... The boom is what will run the fuel from the tanker to the receiver. Jets like the F-22 and F-35 have boom receptacles for receiving the ...