aerial refueling

  1. Hood

    BAe-Pilatus-Saab

    I've been thinking quite a lot about European manufacturers lately and an intriguing what-if scenario came to mind about an alternative grouping of European manufacturers - sort of following on from this thread...
    • Hood
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    • aerial refueling aerospace industry airborne early warning airlifter airliner alternate history british aerospace plc civil aviation cold war fighters isr maritime reconnaissance naval aviation pilatus flugzeugwerke post-cold war saab special operations stol western europe what-if
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    • Forum: Alternative History and Future Speculation
  2. A_Kid1234

    Airborne aircraft carrier VS aerial tanker

    Is aerial refueling truly better than an airborne aircraft carrier?
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    • aerial refueling airborne aircraft carrier airships
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    • Forum: The Bar
  3. 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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    • aerial refueling air force materiel command air mobility command airbus boeing bridge tanker cold war ii early 2020s in-flight refueling tanker inflght refueling lockheed martin tanker aircraft united states air force
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  4. 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
    • Flyaway
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    • 2020s aerial refueling cold war ii in-flight refueling tanker inflght refueling late 2010s tanker aircraft united states united states air force
    • Replies: 393
    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  5. Sundog

    Boeing KC-46 Pegasus

    website is up.
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    • 2010s 2020s 21st century aerial refueling air force materiel command air mobility command bds boeing cold war ii in-flight refueling tanker japan air self-defense force post-cold war tanker aircraft united states united states air force
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    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  6. B

    British Island Bases Strategy

    Has any research been carried on the subject of the British Island Bases Strategy of the late 1960s ? My understanding is that the idea was use Indian Ocean islands as bases for RAF F-111s when the Navy's aircraft carriers were withdrawn. One island which was seriously considered was Aldabra but...
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    • aerial refueling airborne early warning airfield british indian ocean territory cold war east of suez great britain in-flight refueling tanker indian ocean late 1960s maritime reconnaissance ministry of aviation nuclear battlefield raf strike command royal air force strategic bomber wilson government
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    • Forum: Alternative History and Future Speculation
  7. 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...
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    • 2010s 2020s aerial refueling 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: 138
    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  8. Antonio

    Vickers VC-10 Projects

    Vickers 450 seater project based on VC-10. Drawing from May 1964. Source: Giants of the Sky by Bill Gunston
    • Antonio
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    • aerial refueling air ministry air-launched ballistic missile airborne early warning airlifter airliner civil aviation cold war electronic warfare great britain nuclear battlefield raf bomber command rolls-royce royal air force sigint strategic bomber tanker aircraft transport aircraft vickers-armstrongs
    • Replies: 104
    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
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