Tom, No bull. All of your choices are correct. Another reason is when a tanker
relieves another on a task, then it might take on all of the remaining spare
fuel in the homebound tanker. I witnessed two RAF VC10s do this on a live QRA
mission once. My greatest regret in aviation is that movie cameras didn't exist
in their current form back then. Now that was a beautiful sight. Not all
military aircraft have AAR capability. They could have but it depends if the
purchaser specifies this. When they don't, then suddenly find out they might
need it to fight a conflict 8,000 miles away, they then have to figure out a
quick way to retrofit it ASAP. (eg RAF Nimrods during the Falklands war).RAF
A330 Voyagers don't have a receiver capability but they could have. It's an
option. (The RAF Tristars didn't either). RAF Voyagers also don't have a flying
boom in the central location. At least not yet, to my knowledge, but could
have. Simon
-------- Original message --------From: Tom Ronell via Mifnet
<mifnet@lists.mifnet.com> Date: 01/06/2025 19:09 (GMT+00:00) To: "F. Scott
Wilson via Mifnet" <mifnet@lists.mifnet.com> Cc: Tom Ronell
<tron...@verizon.net> Subject: [Mifnet 🚀 72537] Re: Refueling
Could be that one going on a long-range mission had to take off at less than
maximum capacity, so topped off by another after take-off.
Could also be training.
Could also be that the receiver was running out of fuel, himself, and needed
a boost to get home.
Could also be that I am full of bull and none of the above explains this
case.
TR
From: F. Scott Wilson via Mifnet <mifnet@lists.mifnet.com>To:
mifnet@lists.mifnet.comCC: Jack Keady <jjke...@aol.com>;
mifnet@lists.mifnet.com; F. Scott Wilson <fscottwil...@icloud.com>Date: Jun 1,
2025 20:50:42Subject: [Mifnet 🚀 72536] Refueling
On May 16 a bird watcher and photographer friend of mine on Nantucket saw
two large aircraft flying closely together. He got a photo with his huge
telephoto lens, but it wasn’t until he further enlarged the image on his
computer at home that he saw they were connected. To me they appear to be USAF
Boeing Pegasus refueling aircraft, but why would one be refueling another? Any
info you can provide would be greatly appreciated. Quite a sight to see when
one in out looking for a stray sandhill crane.
Scott
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