in-flight refueling tanker

  1. Flyaway

    KC-Y

    It looks like the KC-Y is back on the table & likely will be contested between the KC-46 & A330. https://www.airforcemag.com/after-kc-46-usaf-looks-ahead-to-bridge-tanker/
    • Flyaway
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    • air force materiel command air mobility command airbus boeing bridge tanker cold war ii early 2020s in-flight refueling tanker lockheed martin tanker aircraft united states air force
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  2. M

    KC-747 Artwork & Brochure

    Good Day All - On EPay - artwork for the proposed KC-747: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-USAF-Boeing-Military-KC-747-Advanced-Tanker-Aircraft-8X10-Concept-Art/283427464849?hash=item41fd97e691:g:BGoAAOSw35pclbdS There is also a brochure on the proposal...
    • Mark Nankivil
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    • 1970s advanced cargo transport aircraft cold war imperial iranian air force in-flight refueling tanker kc-25/33 strategic air command tanker aircraft united states air force
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    • Forum: Found on the Internet
  3. Flyaway

    KC-Z / Next-Generation Air Refueling System (NGAS)

    They could skip the KC-Y competition and go straight to the KC-Z. http://www.defensenews.com/articles/air-force-could-pursue-stealthy-penetrating-kc-z-tanker
  4. G

    The Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker: More Than a Tanker

    An enlarged update of Robert Hopkins' 1998 Aerofax book, already a pretty good tome: http://www.amazon.com/Boeing-KC-135-Stratotanker-Robert-Hopkins/dp/1910809012/
    • gatoraptor
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    • 2016 air mobility command boeing cold war early 21st century in-flight refueling tanker late 20th century north atlantic treaty organisation post-cold war strategic air command strategic reconnaissance tanker aircraft united states united states air force vietnam war war on terror
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Books & Marketplace
  5. M

    KC-135 Competitors

    Greetings All - I recently acquired a copy of Aerofax "Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker" by Robert Hopkins III. In the book, he notes that Lockheed "won" the competition for the KC-135 though Air Research Development Command, with Lemay's concurrence, had already ordered 29 (followed by 88 more) of...
    • Mark Nankivil
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    • 1954 1955 air research development command ardc boeing cold war douglas aircraft company early 1950s in-flight refueling tanker lockheed strategic air command tanker aircraft united states air force
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  6. Sundog

    Boeing KC-46A Tanker/Transport

    website is up.
    • Sundog
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    • 2010s air mobility command boeing in-flight refueling tanker kc-x post-cold war tanker aircraft transport aircraft united states air force war on terror
    • Replies: 113
    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  7. F

    Lockheed C-5A Galaxy Variants ans Proposals

    does anyone have any three views and cross sections views of the C-5
    • flash22
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    • aerospace defense command air defence air defense command civil aviation close air support cold war in-flight refueling in-flight refueling tanker lockheed military airlift command special operations strategic air command tactical air command tanker aircraft united states united states air force
    • Replies: 23
    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  8. flateric

    USAF Tanker Competition saga

    Northrop-EADS wins U.S. Air Force tanker, beats Boeing Feb. 29, 2008 • An international consortium led by U.S. giant Northrop Grumman and European conglomerate EADS has won the U.S. Air Force’s competition for the next fleet of new aerial refueling aircraft, officials announced late Feb. 29. The...
    • flateric
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    • 2010s 2020s air force materiel command air mobility command airbus boeing cold war ii eads in-flight refueling tanker late 2000s lockheed martin northrop grumman post-cold war tanker aircraft united states air force war on terror
    • Replies: 137
    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  9. hesham

    Lockheed Martin joined wing/boxwing projects

    Hi, The Lockheed boxwing or joined-wing studied for NASA. http://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/2001/2001%20-%202624.pdf
    • hesham
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    • 2000s 2010s in-flight refueling tanker lockheed martin nasa post-cold war tanker aircraft transport aircraft united states war on terror
    • Replies: 35
    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  10. P

    In Flight Refuelling

    This idea was proved pre WW2 but for some reason doesn't seem to have been considered for use in extending the range of LRMP aircraft. What method was used, my reading of it is that the tanker trailed a hose (with a drogue to prevent wild movements) and the receiving aircraft caught this with a...
    • PMN1
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    • anti-submarine warfare cold war great britain in-flight refueling in-flight refueling tanker interwar period luftwaffe maritime patrol maritime patrol aircraft pacific ocean theater raf bomber command royal air force tanker aircraft third reich united states united states army air corps united states army air forces united states navy v/stol aircraft world war ii
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    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  11. hesham

    Boeing C-135 variants

    Hi, When I got a variants to Beoing C-135, I think it was not interesting, but when I read it I find many variants were little known. C-135A cargo/troop transport aircraft for US Military Air Transport Service with J57-59W engines. EC-135A conversions of KC-135A as flying command post and...
    • hesham
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    • airborne command post armeé de l'air awacs boeing cold war france in-flight refueling tanker military air transport service military airlift command north atlantic treaty organisation strategic air command tanker aircraft united states united states air force
    • Replies: 18
    • Forum: Designation Systems
  12. P

    Lockheed jet tanker

    I asked on the warships1 board whether the USAF had looked at a tanker version of the DC-8 in case there were problems with the KC135 and got a reply back saying that Lockheed had proposed a jet tanker that was apparently the favourite at one time. The USAF bought the KC-135 purely as a...
    • PMN1
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    • cold war in-flight refueling tanker lockheed nuclear powered aircraft post-cold war strategic air command tanker aircraft united states united states air force
    • Replies: 46
    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  13. hesham

    McDonnell Douglas little known airliners

    Hi everybody, During the 1987/1988 McDonnell-Douglas tried to make a deal with Airbus to develope MD-330 airliner,which was based on a stretch MD-11 airframe with Airbus A300 wing to compete Boeing-747,but the McDonnell later developed the design MD-12,anther series of little known airliner...
    • hesham
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    • civil aviation cold war in-flight refueling tanker mcdonnell douglas military airlift command nasa post-cold war stol strategic air command tanker aircraft transport aircraft united states united states air force war on terror
    • Replies: 160
    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  14. boxkite

    DC-10 Projects and Variants

    According to Vaclav Němeček in his book “Civilní letadla 2” the drawing gives an impression of a DC-10 variant, but he didn’t mention a D-… number. Is anyone able to supplement the designation?
    • boxkite
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    • cold war douglas douglas aircraft company in-flight refueling tanker mcdonnell douglas nasa post-cold war strategic air command tanker aircraft transport aircraft united states united states air force
    • Replies: 54
    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  15. flateric

    McDonnell Douglas & Boeing BWB projects

    http://www.nasa.gov/vision/earth/improvingflight/bwb_main.html - several streaming QuickTime videos of LARC WT tests http://www.nasa.gov/vision/earth/improvingflight/x48b.html - several hi-res photos...
    • flateric
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    • air mobility command boeing bombers cold war cold war ii early 21st century in-flight refueling tanker late 20th century mcdonnell douglas post-cold war strategic air command tanker aircraft transport aircraft united states united states air force war on terror
    • Replies: 109
    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
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