Aerial refueling is one of the most demanding and precise maneuvers in military aviation. Two aircraft traveling at hundreds of miles per hour must connect with pinpoint accuracy, transfer thousands ...
Student pilot 1st Lt. Clayton Hultgren of the 11th Bomb Squadron, right, guides a B-52H Stratofortress in for aerial refueling from a KC-135 Stratotanker above Arkansas on Jan. 4, 2024. (Stephen Losey ...