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June 2nd 04, 05:16 AM
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Kevin Brooks wrote:
"Henry J Cobb" wrote in message ... And then you've got three pilots. One pilot for each aircraft and then somebody in the back of the tanker to fly the boom. The boom operator is neither trained nor paid as a pilot, so your point would be...? "Fly the boom" is a common phrase in the USAF. http://www.afmc.wpafb.af.mil/HQ-AFMC...eb/0226-03.htm You need three people adjusting airfoils to make boom refueling work. That's one more person than is needed for a probe and drogue refueling. Heck, you could make an unmanned tanker for probe and drogue refueling. -HJC 
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