C-17 Amazing Air Refueling

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Uploaded by on Aug 20, 2010

C-17 being Air Refueled by at KC-135 Stratotanker from the 186th Air Refueling Wing Mississippi Air National Guard.

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  • wow, I hate the us army for the crimes they've done, but man they do have gear!!

  • How many gallons in that short amount of time.

  • some crazy pilot was doing low flyovers over Hobart, Tasmania in one of these babies, right on top of me when i was fishing in the river. I will never forget it! I have no idea how, I honestly don't believe clearacre would possibly have been given... this was back in the days when the us used to do refuelling stops on the way to iraq...

  • @valderramajeria But in term of landing and the amount of space it takes its still cannot beat the Hercules capability as its a bigger aircraft, but other than that the C-17 is a great aircraft.

  • @valderramajeria I know where you are comming from and you are right, btw its called winglet (fin on the wing) its purpose is to reduce drag while the aircraft is in flight as it stopped the vortex from forming on the tip of the wing. as a result making the aircraft more effecient and can travel further distance. However it does not help the aircraft to land in a shorter ground distance. The C-17 is great performance aircraft, love it.

  • @valderramajeria C130 can still land much shorter. Atleast the J series because of reversing pitch props. The C17 has thrust reverse, But the engine Cowling opens in the front most section of the engine and vents air forward. It usually cannot push a full C17 backwards and only accounts for about 15% braking power.

  • wow the engines shake like hell!

  • @valderramajeria technical term is "Reverse Thrust" engine capability.

  • @michael747400

    I hate to be the troll here but, im gonna have to, Jason is right, and ur not so right, C-17 is a much bigger and heavyer plane, but it can land in shorter runways, becuse the fins (I dont know the name in english) of the rubrine can rotate to an oposite angle, so the air is force to the front of the plane, its like putting reverse.

  • ive been in one of them <3

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