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F-22 KC-46 air refueling: Pilot & boom operator lessons
Aerial refueling is one of the most demanding and precise maneuvers in military aviation. Two aircraft traveling at hundreds ...
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How boom operators aboard the US Air Force's flying gas stations keep their cool doing an 'inherently dangerous' job
Thousands of feet up and racing across the sky at hundreds of miles per hour, US Air Force tankers close to within just 12 feet of fighter jets to refuel them in flight, sometimes as little as 8 feet, ...
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recently completed construction of a 76,587 square-foot KC46A flight training center simulator facility on Altus Air Force Base as part of a multi-phase construction ...
Business Insider recently interviewed a US Air Force boom operator at a base in England. The boom operator is responsible for setting up the midair refueling for a receiving aircraft. They shared how ...
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