Turbulent Tanking

This is a video of a Navy F/A-18 Hornet tanking from Air Force KC-10's and KC-135's (the KC-135 is particularly challenging-- pilots call it the "Iron Maiden"). In turbulent weather, especially at night, tanking can be even tougher than landing on the ship. The basket is heavy, and it can damage the plane if it strikes it, to include shattering the canopy. One can only imagine the amusement of the tanker crews (to whom we're very grateful) as they watch us flail around on a bumpy day.

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• F-18
• Hornet
• naval
• aviation
• KC-135
• KC-10
• Air
• Force
• flying

[test957]

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[27Cratos]

Hey America invented the Internet which without none of this shit would exist. So your welcome rest of the world. Bunch of haters

[alx27]

Soundtrack is awesome! (:

[RichKilla86ers]

I only live 3 miles away from the Youtube HQ in San Bruno (SF suburbs).

[yoyoyoyoshua]

the Tanker in the first vid was a KC-135

[sakis12thasos]

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[sakis12thasos]

meta ton anefodiasmo pou plirwnei????

[SuperAviatar]

First inflight refuelling involved a bag of sand on a string! Until one day the bag got stuck in the aileron gap. Next attempt used a water filled balloon as ballast.... Alan Cobham and Helmore. Back in the thirties... no, I wasn't born then!

[pbplaya5]

uhh im getting frustrated just watching this video

[strikeeagle345]

@theaggravator LOL

[WVBoy25401]

haha the music is perfect!

[Raguleader]

@YawnGod Sometimes you have something you want to blow up that's just too far away from an area of water you want to take your aircraft carrier into, so you need refueling tankers to help them along. The Air Force tankers have much longer range cause they can carry much more fuel, so many of them are designed to refuel the Navy jets to help them out.