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Australian Super Hornet refuels over Iraq
ABC (Australia) ^
| 10/5/2014
| ADF: Sgt Hamish Paterson
Posted on 10/07/2014 9:58:37 AM PDT by Ready4Freddy
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To: MHalblaub
The USMC also uses a lot of KC-130s. They do plenty of refueling jets. Many jets, particularly loitering attack aircraft or jammers, might not be at 40,000 feet when the need a drink. It does not make sense to climb up there when you are low on gas.
Oh course the picture could be from almost any plane with wing mounted drogue pods.
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10/10/2014 10:15:43 AM PDT
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TalonDJ
To: TalonDJ
The angle doesn't fit for a KC-130. Draw a line from the outboard missile tip over the F/A-18's cockpit.
http://azaerophoto.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=2533.0;attach=10391;image (bigger)
Also KC-130's tailplane should be clearly visible.
The KC-10 has just a center drogue. So just a KC-135 with wing pods or an A330MRTT is possible. Just these two types of aircraft have the advantage of refueling all aircraft types with boom or probe.
On the other side a hose is flexible so the F/A-18 could be far more to the right of the refueling aircraft than in the picture above...
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10/13/2014 3:33:13 AM PDT
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MHalblaub
("Easy my friends, when it comes to the point it is only a drawing made by a non believing Dane...")
To: TalonDJ
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11/25/2014 8:44:21 AM PST
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MHalblaub
("Easy my friends, when it comes to the point it is only a drawing made by a non believing Dane...")
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