aerial refuelling
Sign in to saveAlso known as A2AR, AAR, air refuelling, in-flight refuelling, mid-air refuelling, air-to-air refuelling
military aviation function, where one or more receiver aircraft are refuelled in flight from another tanker aircraft in flight
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Within Vinony's link graph, aerial refuelling is referenced by 1,666 other articles, and connects out to General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon, seaplane and Boeing B-52 Stratofortress.
It is catalogued under topics including Aerial maneuvers, Air refueling and Commons link is on Wikidata.
Its subject is documented across 35 Wikipedia language editions.
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- military aviation
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- R3Y Tradewind refuelling.jpg
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- Commons category
- Aerial refueling
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- Aerial refueling
- topic's main category
- Category:Air refueling
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A KC-135 Stratotanker refuels an F-16 Fighting Falcon using a flying boom Chinese Chengdu J-20, Shenyang J-16, and Xian YY-20 in an aerial refueling formation
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “aerial refuelling” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.