How Long Does It Really Take To Refuel A Plane?

Airports have several ways of pumping fuel to airliners, and the speed of the system matters a lot in how long it takes to ...
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How boom operators aboard the US Air Force's flying gas stations keep their cool doing an 'inherently dangerous' job

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Business Insider recently interviewed a US Air Force boom operator at a base in England. The boom operator is responsible for ...
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Twin Air Force pilots connect in refueling flight over the Pacific

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Air Force Capt. Jordan Wesemann, left, a KC-135 pilot, and his twin brother Capt. Jared Wesemann, who flies F-35s, connected on a ...
The New York Times

U.S. Military Plane and JetBlue Flight Nearly Collided Over Caribbean, Radio Traffic Shows

The Air Force refueling tanker was flying without its location transponder activated and could not be detected by air traffic control. By Riley Mellen The pilot of a JetBlue flight reported on Friday ...
The Aviationist

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 ...
New York Post

JetBlue flight narrowly avoids collision with Air Force tanker near Venezuela

A New York-bound JetBlue flight had to halt its ascent Friday to avoid colliding with a US Air Force refueling tanker supporting the American military buildup near Venezuela, with the airline pilot ...