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First flight of US drone which can refuel fighter jets mid-air

The United States has shown off the first flight of a robot aircraft which could make jet fighter missions more deadly. The autonomous MQ-25A Stingray will be able to refuel warplanes in mid-flight, ...

Night Stalker MH-47 Chinooks May Get Aerial Refueling Tanker Role

Special ops MH-47 Chinooks that could refuel other aircraft midair would give the Night Stalkers their own organic tanker ...
SlashGear

China Is Using AI To Refuel Its Fighter Jets Mid-Air

Owing to range constraints and the potential for very lengthy missions, fighters and bombers are sometimes refueled in midair. Though it's quite a common procedure in this context, that doesn't make ...
AOL

6 US service members aboard refueling aircraft after mid-air collision causes crash in Iraq

Six U.S. service members were killed when a KC-135 refueling aircraft crashed in western Iraq Thursday afternoon after a mid-air incident with a second aircraft, officials confirmed. A U.S. KC-135 ...
WMUR

Experts explain mid-air plane refueling process after six U.S. crewmembers killed in crash in Iraq

ROUTE FOR ABOUT A FIFTH OF THE WORLD’S OIL. MEANWHILE, IN THE MIDDLE EAST AS WELL, OFFICIALS ARE STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT CAUSED A REFUELING PLANE TO CRASH IN WESTERN IRAQ THURSDAY. THAT WAS ...