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episode 255: Aerial Refueling with the KDC-10
Guest: Martin and Louis Host: Markus Voelter Shownoter: Kolja Dummann
In late March 2017 I was participating in the media day of the European Air Refueling Training Exercise, organized by the European Air Transport Command headquartered in Eindhoven. While the planned flight on the Dutch KDC-10 did not work our for technical reasons, I recorded a follow-up interview with tanker captain Martin and boom operator Louis. We discussed a number of details around air-to-air refuelling in general and the KDC-10 in particular. The episode begins with an overview of aerial refueling that I recorded myself.
Here is the page of Matthias Grägel with air-to-air pictures taken during EART 2017.
Refuelling Videos- RNLAF KDC10 at Eindhoven
- RNLAF F-16 tries to refuel over Afghanistan in heavy turbulance
- RNLAF F-16AM refuelling with KDC-10 RNLAF
- Exercise EART 2015 Tanker meet at Eindhoven Airbase
- E-3 AWACS popping up dangerously
- A Day in the Life of US Air Force Aerial Refueling Aircraft : KC-135 Stratotanker Refueling F-16’s
- Inside Air Force’s KC-10 Extender Aerial Refueling Tanker
- F-16 Jets Refuel In-Flight + Boom Interphone
- Mid-Air Refueling: F16 Pilots Are Cool
- Mid-Air Refueling: C-17 Globemaster
- F-15 Eagles Inflight Refueling: Pilot and Boom Operator Comms
These pictures are (c) RNLAF
Pictures KC-135 Pictures KC-767 Pictures A-310 Introduction to Aerial Refueling by Markus 00:01:08Air-to-air Refueling | Flying boom method | Probe-and-Drogue method | A-6 | F-18 | Buddy Refueling | And I forgot to mention the KC-130 :-) | Boom-drogue adapter units | KC-135 with hose | List of Tankers
Introduction of Guests 00:15:57McDonnell Douglas DC-10 | McDonnell Douglas MD-11
Mission Planning 00:16:47Air tasking order (CAOC - Combined Air Operations Centre | ATC - Air traffic control) | Link 16
Refueling 00:24:02Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker | McDonnell Douglas KC-10 Extender | Boeing C-17 Globemaster III | Boeing E-3 Sentry | E-8 AWACS Air Refueling gone wrong
Flying the KDC-10 00:47:22Boeing KC-767 | Airbus A330 MRTT (omega tau 252 - Red Flag)