Alternatively, probe-drogue refueling (PDR) involves coupling a probe on a receiver aircraft with a probe receptacle (drogue) attached to a flexible, fuel hose from the tanker aircraft. PDR requires ...

The Royal Air Force has conducted its first air-to-air refueling of Typhoons with a German Air Force Atlas A400M.

This aircraft is equipped with a modernized KC-10 refueling boom integrated with proven fly-by-wire control system and delivering a fuel offload rate required for large aircraft. In addition ...

The Iranian 9th Tactical Aviation Base recently hosted an unusual visitor: the prototype of the Russian Su-57 aircraft.

Some aircraft have been configured with the multipoint refueling system, which consists of special pods mounted on the wingtips. These KC-135s are capable of refueling two receiver aircraft at the ...

Fueling airliners is a standardized and crucial process for on-time performance, usually handled by independent fuel ...

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 ...

They immediately get to work loading the aircraft with armaments, checking fuel levels and refueling the aircraft in order to get the jet back in the skies as quickly as possible while the engines ...

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 ...

Sep 8, 2024 Sep 8, 2024 Updated Dec 15, 2024 NEWINGTON — The New Hampshire Air National Guard became the first to receive the new KC-46A Pegasus refueling ... of the aircraft across the entire ...

It is reported that the night aerial refueling of Tu-142M3 aircraft was conducted in the Pacific Fleet for the first time MOSCOW, February 16. /TASS/. The crews of Tupolev Tu-142M3 anti-submarine ...