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InstantGratification

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18. Correct, tankers are not normally that close

Reply to Bluetus (Reply #11)

Fri Mar 13, 2026, 03:25 PM

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The exception to that is when they refuel each other. As I said in my first reply, I was once on a non-stop flight from Nellis AFB, NV to Ramstein AB, Germany, our KC-10 tanker had 4 F-16 fighters flying in formation with us. They refueled off of us about every 90 minutes. Our tanker refueled off of other tankers 3 times during the roughly 13 hour flight. I got to watch our fighters refueling off of us from the boom operators position. I wish I could have sat in the cockpit to watch us refuel from the other tankers.

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Correct, tankers are not normally that close InstantGratification Friday #18

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