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| US Navy makes history as unmanned tanker drone refuels a fighter jet for the first time |
| 2021-06-08 |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #6 So that's a bad lock. Whose? |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2021-06-08 22:28 |
| #5 Many years ago I was the backup Network Eng. at Seymour Johnson AFB for the KC-130 Simulator One our contracted "tasks" ☺ was testing (flying) the KC-130 Boom/Bot Simulators. While there I got to see a Video of a inflight refueling accident. A refueling of a USAF F-4 jet between Iceland and Greenland. The hose kinked the jet pulled away and the hose filled the starboard side engine with JP fuel. Massive Backfire/ flames and etc... Needless to say the jet had issues and ditched. |
| Posted by: NN2N1 2021-06-08 18:53 |
| #4 /\ Probe and drogue system makes the following aircraft responsible for much of the "fiddly stuff" of refueling. Still, this could 'free' manned F/A-18s for strike missions instead of orbiting the carriers as tankers |
| Posted by: magpie 2021-06-08 09:37 |
| #3 So this unmanned craft does the re-fueling role just fine but Boeing still has problems making the KC-46 boom work correctly. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2021-06-08 09:01 |
| #2 DJI Agras T20 Read to Fly Combo |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2021-06-08 08:26 |
| #1 Wondering out-loud if it can be adapted to be a Fuel-Air weapon? Imagine smaller 5 to 25 gal/pound field deployable versions hovering over a target vaporizing the fuel and igniting it. |
| Posted by: NN2N1 2021-06-08 06:43 |