“How do you know all this?” [Vision, post 61]
Spent years as B-52 aircrew, then B-1B initial cadre when that hit the inventory.
Also spent a decade performing operational tests for various aircraft defense systems: B-52, FB-111, U-2, SR-71, and later B-1B. Additionally, we worked closely with other major commands, the other US service depts, and allied personnel.
By default, our branch did a lot of work in on-airframe electromagnetic compatibility: preventing one system from interfering with another, or fixing things when interference did occur. Necessarily involved broad reaches of systems knowledge outside immediate concerns for our particular systems.
Air refueling systems have enjoyed technical treatises published about them. Boeing likes to brag about the flying boom. They’ve earned the right.