Aerial refueling

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title: Aerial refueling
text: Aerial refueling (en-us), or aerial refuelling (en-gb), also referred to as air refueling, in-flight refueling (IFR), air-to-air refueling (AAR), and tanking, is the process of transferring aviation fuel from one aircraft to another while both aircraft are in flight. The two main refueling systems are probe-and-drogue, which is simpler to adapt to existing aircraft and the flying boom, which offers faster fuel transfer, but requires a dedicated boom operator station. The procedure allows the rec
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description: Procedure in which flying aircraft receive fuel from another aircraft
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerial_refueling
date created: 2003-05-31T20:33:56Z
date modified: 2024-09-09T03:51:14Z
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