FPP005 - Aerial Refueling

Fighter Pilot Podcast

Tucker "Cinco" Hamilton, Retired U.S. Air Force Fighter Test Pilot

Leisure, Personal Journals, Government, Technology, Society & Culture, Aviation, History

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🗓️ 1 February 2018

⏱️ 52 minutes

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In this episode we discuss how and why military aircraft refuel in flight, and which aircraft are capable of doing so. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-fighter-pilot-podcast/donations

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0:00.0	Thanks to our sponsor National University.
0:02.3	National University knows how important flexibility is for busy adults going back to school.
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0:31.1	This week on the Fighter Pilot Podcast,, retired U.S. Navy Captain Fitzley and I discuss how to pass gas.
0:37.0	Between aircraft and flight.
0:41.0	Oh dear. Oh dear. I'm going to go and go and go and go out of place.
0:54.0	I'm going to go ahead and get out here. Hello everybody this is Vincent Ayello
1:07.0	host of your fighter pilot podcast the internet radio show that explores the
1:11.8	fascinating world of air combat, the aircraft, the
1:14.6	weapon systems, and most importantly, the people.
1:18.1	We have an exciting interview for you coming up.
1:20.6	This is episode five, we're talking aerial refueling. But before we do, I just
1:24.8	want to share a couple things with you and one is I'm excited that it's almost air show
1:29.1	season. Every March through November across the United States you can find air shows and the big headliners are usually the Navy's Blue Angels and the Air Force is Thunderbirds.
1:39.0	And the Blue Angels always have their very first show of the season where they perform their winter
1:44.4	training that is in Southern California at Naval Air Facility El Centro. It's about
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