http://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/this-is-what-it-looks-like-when-an-f-35-refuels-right-i-1793139999
Most aerial refueling videos are shot through the tiny little window that the
booms use to steer a little fuel nozzle towards a thirsty aircraft. But the
plane. Which means you could throw down the ramp, and hang out the back.
The F-35 actually uses two different methods of re-fueling, depending on the
variant. The U.S. Air Force version, the F-35A, uses a big metal boom to pump
setup is that the fighter pilot flies the jet into place, and then a boom
operator uses a little joystick to make sure the nozzle gets to the right spot.
But the F-35B and C variants, used by the U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Navy,
pole hanging out the back of the refueling plane, a flexible hose with a
F-35's case, the tanker pilot holds the plane steady, while the fighter jet
nimble jet to steer the probe into the basket.
In the case of the video up top, a Marine Corps F-35B was being refueled by a
KC-130J during an exercise last summer over Arizona. And even for all of the
drama around the F-35, it still looks neat.
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