C-130 refuels F/A 18

[subhunter]

Refueling Over Iraq | Airspacemag.com

 

[Warthog]

WOW......Totally awesome

 

[papabear]

Those fighters look like skeeters sucking blood...LOL... But they are some badass skeeters!!
And yes...we spell stuff differently...and correctly in the South!!!!

 

[srodocker]

that is awesome...such control...

 

[JAYHAWK 1962]

Very cool

 

[sirmrtow]

 

[rwbrown72]

Those fighters look like skeeters sucking blood...LOL... But they are some badass skeeters!!
And yes...we spell stuff differently...and correctly in the South!!!!

I wouldn't want to be on the receiving end of those Skeeters!!! Seeing that makes me proud of our young men and women in combat. God keep them safe.

 

[rumplecat]

Some things you can only experience in the military!

 

[FireFighterHill]

Because its a tanker that would make it a KC-130. K designation for Tanker and C designation for Cargo.

 

[Viper350]

Awesome video, thanks for sharing the link. Also thanks to everyone that does, has, or every will serve our country.

 

[B3.3T]

That really does take skill, but this steps it up a notch for sure:

 

[FireFighterHill]

Ive never seen a Chinook with the refueling tube. Do they only come on the CH-47E adn CH-47G? Im prety sure ive seen a CH-46 Sea Knight with one and I know MH-53 Pavelow and CH-53 Super stallions have one . Those pavelows/Super Stallions are HUGE alot bigger in person then you can imagine from a photo.

 

[B3.3T]

All the Special Operations MH-47s are designed for aerial refueling.

 

[mdmorgan]

Because its a tanker that would make it a KC-130. K designation for Tanker and C designation for Cargo.

No, you would not call it a KC-130, It was a J model, can't remember if that designates it as a tanker or not but i can find out when i go to work. There are more models of that airplane than letters of the alphabet so its hard to remember what each one does, let alone figure out which parts fit what year of what model and whether it was built on a thursday. Oh, i'm a sheetmetal mechanic and currently work on the C-130 and i worked on the F/A-18C and the F/A-18E (super hornet) when i was in the Navy.

 

[neilhendrix]

Those fighters look like skeeters sucking blood...LOL... But they are some badass skeeters!!
And yes...we spell stuff differently...and correctly in the South!!!!

DITTO or DITO

 

[steve87]

No Pressure. You have the press and everyone else sitting there watching you tying to link up. Naval Aviators have real skill, one example, look at the difference between the Air Force and Navy and Marine Air when it comes to aerial refueling.

 

[cessnatwin]

great post, thank you!

 

[cessnatwin]

KC is the refueler, J is the newest model of the 130! Taknkers are all designated with a KC for the fuel part! such as KC-10, or KC-135!

 

[FireFighterHill]

I dont believe the designations have changed in the last 50 years

• A - Ground Attack
• B - Bomber
• C - Transport
• E - Special Electronic Mission
• F - Fighter
• K - Tanker
• L - Laser-Equipped
• O - Observation
• P - Maritime Patrol
• R - Reconnaissance
• S - Antisubmarine Warfare
• T - Trainer
• U - Utility
• X - Special Research

Those are just the common ones. The military has been known to deviate when it comes to specialty and prototype aircraft.

 

[FireFighterHill]

And to Morgan you are partially right. The newer 130's are J's as in KC-130J

KC-130J