How does the aerial refueling process take place?

This allows the aircraft to stay in the air longer, extending its range, while also saving fuel on long-haul flights because the aircraft does not have to land at base to refuel.

The French “Phenix” refueling plane took off from its base in Istres, in the south of the country, for a routine operation. The requirement is to forward tons of fuel to supply fighters that are patrolling the skies over NATO’s eastern border.

A Rafale is carefully approaching the Airbus A330 MRTT – a multirole aerial refueling transport aircraft to receive 2.5 tons of fuel. Aerial refueling allows jets to fly for long periods of time without having to land to refuel.

Sergeant Adrien, who performed the refueling, said: “French aircraft such as the Rafales and Mirages 2000, the refueling process will be different for other aircraft such as the US F-16 or F-22. Refueling has to be done to very strict standards. For example, a French refueling plane has only one refueling nozzle.”

At first, the refueling equipment was very rudimentary and a refueling officer was assigned to hold the refueling tube. For accurate refueling, the difference in altitude between the refueling aircraft and the aircraft to be refueled must be based on. Later, people have successfully researched and manufactured an aerial refueling hangar, helping to develop aerial refueling techniques to a new stage and at the same time being able to refuel at most 3 aircraft at the same time. type.

During the refueling process, the pilot of the aircraft receiving the oil is responsible for keeping the aircraft in the best flying state, keeping the distance and altitude difference between the refueling aircraft and the receiving aircraft constant.

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