1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:00,000 2 00:00:14,550 --> 00:00:17,209 So K C 46 is currently the Air force's 3 00:00:17,219 --> 00:00:21,059 newest and latest and greatest tanker A 4 00:00:21,069 --> 00:00:22,902 R as a whole is one of the great 5 00:00:22,902 --> 00:00:25,125 capabilities of the Air Force , right ? 6 00:00:25,125 --> 00:00:27,125 So it's what differentiates us from 7 00:00:27,125 --> 00:00:27,040 most of the other air forces all 8 00:00:27,049 --> 00:00:29,049 throughout the world between having 9 00:00:29,049 --> 00:00:31,049 that tactical capability to put our 10 00:00:31,049 --> 00:00:33,382 assets down range anywhere at any point . 11 00:00:33,382 --> 00:00:35,049 Even if we're not necessarily 12 00:00:35,049 --> 00:00:37,049 geographically located , there is a 13 00:00:37,049 --> 00:00:38,882 huge war fighting capability and 14 00:00:38,882 --> 00:00:40,827 something that truly makes our air 15 00:00:40,827 --> 00:00:39,680 force great . 16 00:00:47,380 --> 00:00:50,080 This is the boom and so you have , we 17 00:00:50,090 --> 00:00:52,257 call it the H tail . If you will , you 18 00:00:52,257 --> 00:00:54,312 have your rudders and your elevators 19 00:00:54,312 --> 00:00:56,534 for the boom and then the entire length 20 00:00:56,534 --> 00:00:58,534 of it . This is what drops down and 21 00:00:58,534 --> 00:01:00,757 comes into the air refueling envelope . 22 00:01:00,757 --> 00:01:02,923 There's a green tube that comes out of 23 00:01:02,923 --> 00:01:05,146 the middle of it . That's the telescope 24 00:01:05,146 --> 00:01:07,368 tube , that's what extends and retracts 25 00:01:07,368 --> 00:01:07,349 and that's what houses the nozzle that 26 00:01:07,599 --> 00:01:09,970 mates up with the receiver , airplane 27 00:01:09,980 --> 00:01:12,430 to give them the gas required to 28 00:01:12,440 --> 00:01:13,829 accomplish the mission . 29 00:01:17,830 --> 00:01:19,970 So , a refueling is one of the core 30 00:01:19,980 --> 00:01:22,202 components of our air force . It allows 31 00:01:22,202 --> 00:01:24,369 our aircraft that don't have that much 32 00:01:24,369 --> 00:01:27,099 fuel to fly for much longer durations . 33 00:01:30,089 --> 00:01:32,339 Well as a fighter pilot and someone who 34 00:01:32,349 --> 00:01:34,550 appreciates the opportunity that extra 35 00:01:34,559 --> 00:01:37,449 gas provides me . The tanker fleet is 36 00:01:37,459 --> 00:01:40,040 the backbone of the United States Air 37 00:01:40,050 --> 00:01:42,217 Force , but also the multi services to 38 00:01:42,217 --> 00:01:44,217 get us to and from the fight , it's 39 00:01:44,217 --> 00:01:46,383 nice to have a Chevron right next door 40 00:01:46,383 --> 00:01:48,328 where they can pop over refill and 41 00:01:48,328 --> 00:01:49,939 continue that test mission . 42 00:01:54,669 --> 00:01:57,620 Fueling frequently takes place at night , 43 00:01:57,629 --> 00:01:59,296 which is when there's a large 44 00:01:59,296 --> 00:02:01,449 operational need . It almost always 45 00:02:01,459 --> 00:02:03,681 happens when there's bad weather in the 46 00:02:03,681 --> 00:02:05,792 area . The feeling when you're flying 47 00:02:05,792 --> 00:02:07,903 and you're connected to another plane 48 00:02:07,903 --> 00:02:07,309 and you're right in the heart of the 49 00:02:07,319 --> 00:02:09,152 envelope or exactly where you're 50 00:02:09,152 --> 00:02:11,041 supposed to be that it feels like 51 00:02:11,041 --> 00:02:13,041 nothing else . It's so much fun . I 52 00:02:13,041 --> 00:02:15,152 feel a strong sense of responsibility 53 00:02:15,152 --> 00:02:17,263 that we take aircraft to the edges of 54 00:02:17,263 --> 00:02:19,430 the envelope and worst case conditions 55 00:02:19,430 --> 00:02:21,729 because I want the combat air force 56 00:02:21,740 --> 00:02:23,940 pilots and multi service pilots to be 57 00:02:23,949 --> 00:02:27,100 confident that if they're flying behind 58 00:02:27,110 --> 00:02:29,110 a tanker that a test pilot has been 59 00:02:29,110 --> 00:02:31,166 there in a much worse case condition 60 00:02:31,166 --> 00:02:33,332 than they have been . So they can have 61 00:02:33,332 --> 00:02:35,443 high confidence in what they're about 62 00:02:35,443 --> 00:02:38,300 to do . We are looking at prototype 63 00:02:38,309 --> 00:02:41,750 cameras for the new RVS 2.0 on KC 64 00:02:41,759 --> 00:02:44,429 46 . All we're now on a remote vision 65 00:02:44,440 --> 00:02:47,029 system and what those do is there's a 66 00:02:47,039 --> 00:02:49,150 three camera to give us perspective . 67 00:02:49,150 --> 00:02:51,206 There's two of them up here . And so 68 00:02:51,206 --> 00:02:53,820 that's what gives us the window view if 69 00:02:53,830 --> 00:02:56,690 you will into the boom envelope , so we 70 00:02:56,699 --> 00:02:58,866 can watch the receiver move around and 71 00:02:58,866 --> 00:03:00,588 that's what gives us our depth 72 00:03:00,588 --> 00:03:01,755 perception as well . 73 00:03:04,960 --> 00:03:07,179 There are so many people both on the 74 00:03:07,190 --> 00:03:09,559 jet and on the ground who have to help 75 00:03:09,570 --> 00:03:11,570 us get airborne and then once we're 76 00:03:11,570 --> 00:03:13,681 airborne , keep us flying safely , we 77 00:03:13,681 --> 00:03:15,848 have the whole team of Boeing contract 78 00:03:15,848 --> 00:03:17,903 and maintenance and they get the jet 79 00:03:17,903 --> 00:03:20,126 ready . Of course , they send us on our 80 00:03:20,126 --> 00:03:19,149 way . 81 00:03:24,300 --> 00:03:26,189 It's amazing to see that all come 82 00:03:26,189 --> 00:03:28,300 together and see what a big footprint 83 00:03:28,300 --> 00:03:30,356 it takes for an aircraft like this . 84 00:03:30,356 --> 00:03:32,522 That's really a three person crew with 85 00:03:32,522 --> 00:03:34,689 two pilots and a boom operator and the 86 00:03:34,689 --> 00:03:36,689 background to testing that actually 87 00:03:36,689 --> 00:03:38,800 comes down to thousands and thousands 88 00:03:38,800 --> 00:03:40,856 of people making sure that each test 89 00:03:40,856 --> 00:03:42,856 mission executes in the right way . 90 00:03:42,856 --> 00:03:44,633 Continue on with part two as we 91 00:03:44,633 --> 00:03:46,856 discover the complexity of flight tests 92 00:03:46,856 --> 00:03:47,389 with receiver aircraft .