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Which Two Airplanes Completed The First Ever Aerial Refueling?

The Wright Brothers weren't the only contributors to the age of airplanes, and they may not even have been the first into the air on December 17, 1903, as they are often credited. Whether it was ...
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Helicopter Aerial Refueling Test Photographs and Reports [Eastman]

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. William Donald "Don" Eastman, Jr. (b. 1932) was the first pilot to demonstrate the feasibility of air-to-air refueling of helicopters as well as ...

Climb aboard: Thunderbirds get aerial refueling from Grissom crew

The Potomac shrank in the rear eye-shaped window of a flying gas station from Grissom Air Reserve Base. The KC-135R Stratotanker came from Bunker Hill to refuel seven Thunderbirds. The ...
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German KC-130J Refuels Eurofighters for the First Time

The joint Franco-German C-130J squadron is integrating the air refueling capability, with the Germans refueling the Eurofighter and the French refueling the Mirage 2000 and Rafale aircraft. In a major ...