RAF Airbus KC2

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LAny ideas what's happening here? When the aircraft was off the East Coast he was circulating at around 16000 ft.

[jeffw]

Tanker race track?

[DuraAce]

Air to air refuelling.

[Ginetta G15 Girl]

Tanker Towline for Exercise JOINT WARRIOR 15.

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Many thanks for the speedy replies. Been a fair bit of activity over here in "Bomber County"

[frodo_monkey]

Yep, AAR - including me in Batman41...

[frodo_monkey]

^ maybe not, think mine was Tartan52

[tight5]

Anyone know how many aircraft one of those could refuel in one sortie ?
( Typhoon or Tornado being refuelled )

[frodo_monkey]

Depends what the receivers are doing, where they're going etc etc - if taking a pair of Tornados on a trail to Akrotiri, it'll probably be 3x refuelling brackets per jet and nothing else. Normal UK training towline, something like 6 or 7 pairs of aircraft will refuel off a given tanker - there's a big document emailed round the flying squadrons with the daily plan on.

[ecsrobin]

tight5 said:

Anyone know how many aircraft one of those could refuel in one sortie ?
( Typhoon or Tornado being refuelled )

All depends on how much fuel is taken. Always enjoyed the phone calls offering fuel when an aircraft canceled its slot.