Tag: Aerial refueling

Close call: E-3 AWACS almost collides with KC-135 tanker mid-air

It must have been one of the most frightening view in the…

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Photo: U.S. Marine Corps’ rotary wing escort during Helicopter Air-to-Air Refueling ops

Taken during the 2012 Kaneohe Bay Airshow at Marine Corps Air Station,…

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Photo: First U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Joint Strike Fighters perform aerial refueling from KC-130J

On Oct. 2, two U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Joint Strike Fighters conducted…

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[Updated] Airbus A330 Multi-role Tanker Transport loses refueling boom in flight. Again.

According to Flight Global an Airbus A330 Multi-role Tanker Transport (MRTT) which…

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[Exclusive Report] Colombian Air Force Kfir jets at their very first Red Flag. Beware: air-to-air photographs inside.

As already explained weeks ago, culminating two years of preparation and training,…

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Israeli F-16 damaged in air-to-air refueling mishap

An Israeli pilot made an emergency landing after getting too close to…

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