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Refueling the Mission: The Complexity of Flight Test with Receiver Aircraft

A Boeing maintainer gets ready to guide a KC-46 Pegasus out of of the flight-line to conduct an air refueling test mission at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. It is a joint effort between Boeing, Air Mobility Command, Air Force Test Center, 418th Flight Test Squadron and Air Force Life Cycle Management Center to successfully complete the mission.
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Refueling the Mission: The Complexity of Flight Test with Receiver Aircraft

MSgt. Matthew Giles, Chief Boom Operator, 418th Flight Test Squadron tests the new Remote Vision System 2.0 update on a KC-46 Pegasus at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. The partnership of Boeing and the U.S. Air Force includes the development of Flight Test Procedures (FTP’s) and multiple safety reviews of those procedures.
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Refueling the Mission: The Complexity of Flight Test with Receiver Aircraft

Jessica "Sting" Peterson, Technical Director, 412th Operations Group tests the safety equipment needed before an aerial refueling mission at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. There is a critical need to test at operationally representative conditions and to test at specific environmental conditions with flight test equipment.
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Refueling the Mission: The Complexity of Flight Test with Receiver Aircraft

A Boeing maintainer guides a KC-46 Pegasus out of of the flight-line to conduct an air refueling test mission at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. It is a joint effort between Boeing, Air Mobility Command, Air Force Test Center, 418th Flight Test Squadron and Air Force Life Cycle Management Center to successfully complete the mission.
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Refueling the Mission: The Complexity of Flight Test with Receiver Aircraft

A KC-46 Pegasus conducts an air refueling test mission at night with a F-16 Fighting Falcon using the Remote Vision System 2.0 over the Southern California coast. It is a joint effort between Boeing, Air Mobility Command, Air Force Test Center, 418th Flight Test Squadron and Air Force Life Cycle Management Center to successfully test the RVS 2.0 update. (Photo courtesy of Boeing)
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Refueling the Mission: The Complexity of Flight Test with Receiver Aircraft

A KC-46 Pegasus conducts an air refueling test mission with a F-16 Fighting Falcon over the skies of Southern California. Operating a specialized boom from the back of a KC-46, In-flight Refueling Specialists pump thousands of gallons of jet fuel into aircraft in need of fuel.
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Refueling the Mission: The Complexity of Flight Test with Receiver Aircraft

A KC-46 Pegasus conducts an air refueling test mission with a F-16 Fighting Falcon over the skies of Southern California. Aerial refueling is one of the core components of the U.S. Air Force. This mission allows our aircraft that don't have that much fuel to fly for much longer durations. (Photo courtesy of Boeing)
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Refueling the Mission Part 1: Refueling is the Magic of Air Mobility

A KC-46 Pegasus conducts an air refueling test mission with a F-16 Fighting Falcon over the skies of Southern California. Aerial refueling is one of the core components of the U.S. Air Force. This mission allows our aircraft that don't have that much fuel to fly for much longer durations. (Photo courtesy of Boeing)
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Refueling the Mission Part 1: Refueling is the Magic of Air Mobility

A KC-46 Pegasus conducts an air refueling test mission over the skies of Southern California. Rigorous planning goes on before any any aircraft come together in the refueling envelope. The partnership of Boeing and the U.S. Air Force includes the development of Flight Test Procedures (FTP’s) and multiple safety reviews of those procedures. (Photo Courtesy of Boeing)
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Refueling the Mission Part 1: Refueling is the Magic of Air Mobility

A KC-46 Pegasus conducts an air refueling test mission with a F-16 Fighting Falcon over the skies of Southern California. Aerial refueling is one of the core components of the U.S. Air Force. It allows our aircraft that doesn't have that much fuel to fly for much longer durations.
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Refueling the Mission Part 1: Refueling is the Magic of Air Mobility

A KC-46 Pegasus assigned to the 418th Flight Test Squadron conducts an air refueling test mission with a F-16 Fighting Falcon over the skies of Southern California. Refueling is the magic of air mobility. It is a joint effort between Boeing, Air Mobility Command, Air Force Test Center, 418th Flight Test Squadron and Air Force Life Cycle Management Center to successfully complete the mission.
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Refueling the Mission Part 1: Refueling is the Magic of Air Mobility

A KC-46 Pegasus assigned to the 418th Flight Test Squadron conducts an air refueling test mission with a Boeing B-52 Stratofortress over the skies of Southern California. Receivers come in many types of aircraft depending on this mission.
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Refueling the Mission Part 1: Refueling is the Magic of Air Mobility

A KC-46 Pegasus conducts an air refueling test mission at night with a F-16 Fighting Falcon using the Remote Vision System 2.0 over the Southern California coast. It is a joint effort between Boeing, Air Mobility Command, Air Force Test Center, 418th Flight Test Squadron and Air Force Life Cycle Management Center to successfully test the RVS 2.0 update.
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Refueling the Mission Part 1: Refueling is the Magic of Air Mobility

A KC-46 Pegasus conducts an air refueling test mission with a F-16 Fighting Falcon over the skies of Southern California. Operating a specialized boom from the back of a KC-46, In-flight Refueling Specialists pump thousands of gallons of jet fuel into aircraft in need of fuel. (Photo courtesy of Boeing)
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Refueling the Mission Part 1: Refueling is the Magic of Air Mobility

A Boeing maintainer guides a KC-46 Pegasus out of of the flight-line to conduct an air refueling test mission at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. It is a joint effort between Boeing, Air Mobility Command, Air Force Test Center, 418th Flight Test Squadron and Air Force Life Cycle Management Center to successfully complete the mission.
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KC-46 flight tests

(U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Michael Jackson)
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KC-46 refuels F-16 Fighting Falcon

Boeing's KC-46 air refueling tanker resumed testing above Washington with assistance from F-16 Fighting Falcons assigned to the 416th Flight Test Suadron at Edwards Air Force Base, California. (U.S. Air Force photo by Christopher Okula)
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Pegasus refuels Globemaster

Boeing's KC-46 aerial refueling tanker conducts receiver compatibility tests with a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III from Joint Base Lewis-McChord as part of Test 003-06. The event marks the nearing completion of "Milestone C" in the new tanker's developmental testing stage. (U.S. Air Force photo by Christopher Okula)
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Pegasus refuels Globemaster III

Boeing's KC-46 aerial refueling tanker conducts receiver compatibility tests with a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III from Joint Base Lewis-McChord as part of Test 003-06. The event marks the nearing completion of "Milestone C" in the new tanker's developmental testing stage. (U.S. Air Force photo by Christopher Okula)
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