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	Tankers - Military Aircraft
		Tankers are flying more worldwide, low-volume channel and scheduled cargo missions allowing strategic airlifters to be dedicated to the tasks only they can accomplish.
		The idea of refueling aircraft in flight was born nearly 80 years ago, and, within a few decades aviation refueling moved from the age of dare devils and barnstormers to the routine refueling of all types of aircraft, in all conditions, all over the world.
		Fighter aircraft flew into position behind the tanker so that its probe could be inserted in the drogue at the end of the tanker's hose.
	www.fas.org /man/dod-101/sys/ac/tanker.htm (2103 words)

	Tanker (aircraft) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A tanker is an aircraft used for in-flight refuelling.
		Typically used by an air force for refuelling smaller, shorter-range aircraft, tanker are usually converted transport aircraft.
		An exception to the rule involving transport aircraft is found with the US Navy, which uses a converted attack aircraft model (the KA-6) for operating off its aircraft carriers.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tanker_(aircraft) (125 words)

	Aerial refueling
		Nowadays, specialized tanker aircraft have equipment especially designed for the task of offloading fuel to the receiver aircraft without spillage, even at the higher speeds modern jet aircraft typically need to remain airborne.
		A byproduct of this development effort and the building of large numbers of tankers was that these tankers were also available to refuel cargo aircraft[?], fighter aircraft, and ground attack aircraft, in addition to bombers, for ferrying to distant theaters of operations.
		Additionally, since an aircraft's maximum takeoff weight is generally less than the maximum weight with which it can stay airborne, this allows an aircraft to take off with only a partial fuel load, and carry additional payload weight instead.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ae/Aerial_refueling.html (1079 words)

	Charting a Course for Tankers - June 2006
		Fewer aircraft needing air refueling could reduce the requirement; so could “a change in the geopolitical situation” or “technical developments that made a new-design aircraft a more attractive tanker alternative.” Another reason to wait simply would be to use the money for another pressing need.
		He said the MCS put the new tanker requirement at “520 to 640 total aircraft inventory” and that AMC believes 520 is the “minimum requirement.” The MCS said the existing tanker fleet “shows a...
		Tankers are “too critical a combat resource in wartime, and too costly to replace in the longer run, to be generally used in ways that risk substantial attrition,” according to the AOA.
	www.afa.org /magazine/June2006/0606tankers.asp (1922 words)

	Future Strategic Tanker Aircraft - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The private company will also be able to earn extra revenue by using aircraft for commercial operations when not required by the RAF - the most suitable of which would be leased air-refueling missions for other European air forces.
		The UK Ministry of Defence announced on January 26, 2004 that Air Tanker had been selected to enter into final negotiations to provide the RAF's FSTA.
		Air Forces Monthly reports that the tanker shortage that could result from any further serious delay has lead some RAF personnel to joke that FSTA stands for F**ng Short of Tankers** Again.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Future_Strategic_Tanker_Aircraft (676 words)

	air-refuel
		The largest tanker programme in Europe is the $18.2 billion British future strategic tanker aircraft (FSTA) project which is scheduled to come to fruition in 2002, when the winner of two bids to provide an air-to-air refuelling service for the RAF is selected, and in service from 2007.
		The status of the aircraft during war is unclear but is expected to be similar to those used for the recent lease of the Boeing C-17 Globemasters.
		The largest tanker programme is potentially in the US, where the USAF indicated late in 2001 that it was looking to lease 100 767s to act as tankers.
	www.global-defence.com /2002/test02/air-refuel.html (1539 words)

	Investigation of the Loss of Lockheed C130A Firefighting Tanker 82 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		An exemplar aircraft, in storage in Tucson, Arizona was examined by the NTSB in 1995.
		The aircraft was in long term storage in the desert for 2 years prior to acquisition by the operator for fire tanker duties.
		The accident aircraft, though on a visual flight rules (FVR) flight plan (filed with firebase dispatch), was assigned a transponder code by the departure control facility as the aircraft climbed north toward the mountains.
	www.iprr.org /COMPS/T82story.htm (6171 words)

	Expanding the Tanker Fleet - Part 2
		In a `dual use' PFI arrangement, the aircraft would be owned by the contractor, and flown as commercial freighters or airliners, with pods, military comms and EW equipment removed, but retaining the tanker plumbing, wiring, pylons and boom.
		Tankers are the backbone of a modern air force, and by this measure the RAAF is at this time in a very weak position.
		Without a robustly sized tanker fleet, the RAAF would be unable to perform medium and high intensity air defence operations in the `cruise missile launch belt' north-east of the Pilbara and Timor Sea, and would be hard pressed to effectively escort the F-111 to the outer bounds of its combat radius.
	www.f-111.net /CarloKopp/aar-expand-2.html (5097 words)

	Expanding the Tanker Fleet - Part 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Tankers are often portrayed as a panacea for all limitations in fighter endurance and range.
		The first is that a tanker is orbiting in the CAP station area, CAPs fly out to station, top up their fuel to gain time on station, and then depart once their planned mission duration is up or they have expended their missile load in combat.
		Should the RAAF aim for a tanker fleet with credible aggregate size, depending on the mix of medium and heavy tankers used, a total of 24 to 48 command qualified pilots, and 24 to 48 first officer qualified pilots would be required.
	f-111.net /CarloKopp/aar-expand-1.html (4709 words)

	KC-767 Common Widebody Tanker & Transport
		The 767 Tanker/Transport is a low-risk solution that brings to bear the unique capabilities of the world leaders in tanker design and integration: The Boeing Company and Alenia Aerospazio/Aeronavali, which together have almost 2,000 new-production tankers and tanker modifications to their credit.
		The current tanker fleet averages over 40 years in age, and yet it is the backbone of US ability to project force.
		The cost of a 767 tanker is somewhere between $150 million and $225 million, depending on the number ordered and the nature of the modifications.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/systems/aircraft/kc-767.htm (1647 words)

	Aerospaceweb.org \| Ask Us - Aerial Refueling Systems
		As the tanker flies straight and level, the pilot of the receiving plane flies his aircraft around until the probe links up with the drogue.
		This wing or ruddervator, often formed in the shape of a shallow V, enables an operator in the tanker to steer the boom and direct it towards the receiving aircraft.
		The two aircraft continue to fly in this formation while the boom operator in the tanker's tail uses a joystick to move the boom into position just above the receiver of the plane to be refueled.
	www.aerospaceweb.org /question/design/q0213.shtml (707 words)

	Air Force Technology - KC-767 Tanker Transport Aircraft
		The Boeing 767 tanker transport aircraft, designated KC-767 for the US Air Force, is a high-performance version of the Boeing 767-200ER twin-aisle jetliner equipped for fully integrated tanker operations.
		The configuration of a commercial 767 for the tanker transport role involves the installation of additional pumps and auxiliary fuel tanks together with the fuel distribution lines below the floor of the main cabin, leaving the main cabin free for cargo, passenger or both cargo and passenger transportation.
		Tankers are fitted with tactical floodlights on the engine pylons, wing pods and the boom area to assist night-time refuelling operations.
	www.airforce-technology.com /projects/kc767 (1107 words)

	Aircraft
		Proliferants can pursue at least four technological advances to manned aircraft: (1) methods to increase range, (2) methods to weaponize WMD for reliability, (3) methods to mask or otherwise disguise flight signatures to detection networks, and (4) methods to launch an aircraft attack around the clock and in all-weather conditions.
		Some technologies that can be fitted onto aircraft to accomplish these objectives are (1) an avionics unit that senses position and position rate; (2) small onboard computers capable of automated flight planning, targeting, en route navigation, and ensured terrain avoidance; and (3) addition of stealth.
		A proliferant’s electronic countermeasures may not prevent the aircraft from being ultimately targeted and eliminated, but they delay the interception to allow the aircraft to release its weapon on the actual target or an adjacent target of near equivalent value.
	www.fas.org /nuke/intro/aircraft/intro.htm (2535 words)

	Boeing B-29 Superfortress -- Chapter 22 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The KB-29M tanker aircraft carried extra tankage for the fuel, plus a system of hoses, reels, winches and fuel pumps needed for the transfer of the fuel to the receiver aircraft.
		The receiving aircraft was fitted with a receptacle for receiving the fuel, plus its own system of winches for pulling in the refueling hose.
		A winch in the receiving aircraft was then used to pull the nozzle of the refueling hose from the tanker and toward the refueling receptacle, the reel unwinding as the hose extended.
	www.csd.uwo.ca /~pettypi/elevon/baugher_us/b029-22.html (784 words)

	BBC - h2g2 - KC-767 TANKER TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT, USA
		The configuration of a commercial 767 for the tanker transport role involves the installation of additional pumps and auxiliary fuel tanks together with the fuel distribution lines below the floor of the main cabin, leaving the main cabin free for cargo, passenger or both cargo and passenger transportation.
		The 767 tanker transport will be equipped with military avionics, navigation and communications and an optional defensive aids suite with radar warning receivers and electronic and opto-electronic countermeasures.
		Tankers are fitted with tactical floodlights on the engine pylons, wing pods and the boom area to assist night-time refuelling operations.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/ww2/A3567260 (1048 words)

	Boeing unveils 767 tanker for Air Force deal \| KOMOradio.com - Seattle, Washington \| News
		At stake for both competitors is a multiyear contract to replace a portion of the military's older fleet of KC-135 aircraft, a medium-sized refueling plane made by Boeing.
		The tanker program has been on hold for three years, after Boeing lost the contract amid an ethics scandal that resulted in prison terms for a former company executive and a former high-ranking Air Force official.
		The Airbus tanker would have a maximum fuel capacity of 200,000 pounds.
	www.komoradio.com /news/5752161.html (593 words)

	'Sweet Deal' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		These tankers are 43 years old on the average and without a reliable tanker fleet US will lose its ability to project military power.
		With 600 tankers in service a shift to Airbus will not be just a change of plane: it will be a change of everything that this plane would ever come in contact with.
		Our current tanker fleet is old by any standards and waiting for some new technology to come in 20 years to replace the current tanker fleet is out of the question.
	www.aeronautics.ru /news/news002/news093.htm (1172 words)

	Air Force Technology - A330-200 Future Strategic Tanker Aircraft (FSTA) - Multi-Role Tanker Transporter (MRTT), Europe
		The consortium is responsible for certifying and maintaining the aircraft and also for the provision of crew training for the RAF and the provision of sponsored reservist aircrews to supplement RAF crew when required.
		The baseline commercial aircraft uses a configuration of very high capacity fuel tanks in the wings so modifications to the fuel tanks for the tanker transporter role are not required.
		The passenger cabin and the cargo compartment are not altered.
	www.airforce-technology.com /projects/a330_200 (1453 words)

	Main Frame 1
		As the aircraft remains on the civil register, the Boeing 707 Aerial Refuelling Tanker/Transport may be used for cargo, passenger or executive airlift when it is not contracted for aerial refuelling.
		The first aircraft has been modified at an Omega approved facility in the UK and will complete a schedule of flight trials and certification after which it will be ready for operational service in mid-2007.
		In a tanker / cargo transporter configuration for civil or military cargo, the main deck can carry up to 29 standard 88in x 108in pallets, which is equivalent to 13,600ft³ (385m³) of palleted cargo.
	www.fuelbirds.com /Aircraft.html (442 words)

	Proposed Tanker Leasing Arrangement Unlikely to Be Most Cost-Effective Option for Air Force
		These aircraft, which are used to re-fuel combat, airlift and other support aircraft in flight, greatly increase the range of the US military’s reach.
		Since the Air Force’s requirement for tanker aircraft is clearly a long-term requirement, and tanker aircraft are highly specialized aircraft for which little or no private sector market exits, these rough rules of thumb suggest that a tanker leasing arrangement for the Air Force is unlikely to prove cost effective.
		In addition to the cost of the leases themselves, these figures include the cost of converting the aircraft to tankers, and the cost of operating and supporting the 100 new tankers through 2020, as well as the cost of operating and supporting the existing KC-135E fleet until it is retired.
	www.csbaonline.org /4Publications/Archive/B.20020614.Proposed_Tanker_Le/B.20020614.Proposed_Tanker_Le.htm (2559 words)

	KB-29M tanker, B-29MR receiver
		The operator in the tail turret of the tanker aircraft would then pull in his contact line cable, and the grapnel hook on the end of the MR's hauling line would ensure that a positive connection was made.
		The operator in the tanker aircraft then began to let out the hose, and at the same time the winch operator in the MR receiving aircraft started to pull in the hauling line.
		The tanker aircraft reeled in the entire length of hose, and the operator in the tanker aircraft disconnected the MR's hauling line from the hose and reattached the grapnel pan.
	home.att.net /~jbaugher2/b29_22.html (1336 words)

	H-6 Tanker - SinoDefence.com
		The H-6 aerial refuelling tanker aircraft, designated H-6U for the PLA Air Force (PLAAF) and H-6DU for the PLA Naval Air Force (PLANAF), was based on the Xi’an H-6 (Chinese copy of the Tu-16 Badger) twin-engine jet bomber.
		Each H-6 tanker carries two drogue and hose refuelling pods under its wings, capable of refuelling two J-8D fighters simultaneously, and up to six fighters in one round, extending their combat radius from 800km to 1,200km.
		For refuelling operations the tanker has two inertial navigation systems (INS) (one for backup) for navigation, two TAKAN systems for all-weather day/night mutual detection and approach from distances up to 200km, and a weather radar accommodated in the nose.
	www.sinodefence.com /airforce/airlift/h6tanker.asp (853 words)

	Tanker aircraft delivers 1 billionth pound of fuel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Helping is what tanker crews do, but to some it is also kind of a family tradition.
		The concept of refueling one aircraft from another in the air was first proposed in 1917 by Alexander P. de Seversky, a pilot in the imperial Russian navy.
		Today, nearly all U.S. and coalition military aircraft are capable of being refueled in the air, allowing virtually unlimited range and mission endurance.
	www.af.mil /news/story.asp?storyID=123007539 (909 words)

	THE RAAF TANKER PROGRAM (Boeing 707-338C)
		The inflight refuelling tanker is a potent force multiplier in nearly all defensive and offensive scenarios, providing fighter and strike aircraft with substantial gains in effective payload radius performance.
		Assuming three tankers available for operations at any given time, one of which is being used as a backup, the RAAF ought to be capable of flying a 12 aircraft F/A-18A strike force against a target at 800 NM.
		Fuel fed from the parent aircraft at pressures as low as 6 psi is charged to a working pressure of about 50 psi by a centrifugal pump, which feeds the fuel into a multiport rotary valve, which directs the fuel either back into the parent aircraft fuel system or into a vane pump/motor.
	www.ausairpower.net /raaf-707.html (3485 words)

	Defense Daily Network: Defense Industry news, analysis and business information
		If you never have experienced a refueling operation from inside a tanker aircraft, you may think the process is relatively simple, involving little more than extending a boom and then letting the fuel flow.
		Boeing offers two versions of 767 tankers: a convertible freighter, which can be reconfigured for cargo transport or personnel transport, and a convertible combi, which can be fitted for cargo or personnel transport or both at the same time.
		The downselect for a new tanker in the UK is expected in the summer of 2003, with a contract to follow in 2004.
	www.defensedaily.com /cgi/av/show_mag.cgi?pub=av&mon=0103&file=0103tanker.htm (2670 words)

	Three Killed in Air Tanker Crash Near Chico (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Three crewmembers are confirmed dead in the crash of a four-engine aerial fire tanker that went down in a remote area near Chico Wednesday evening.
		According to officials of Aero Union, the Chico-based company that operated the aircraft, the plane was busy in the hours prior to the crash, making seven flights in preparation for the fire season.
		The aircraft was one of 33 taken out of service for a time last year, after federal authorities became concerned about the safety of four-engine tanker aircraft.
	www.news10.net /storyfull1.asp?id=10447 (333 words)

	Aviation News Magazine - Boeing’s 767 Tanker
		It states a smaller aircraft would mean that more aircraft would be required to perform the same mission and be unable to support trans-oceanic fighter deployments.
		The sheer size of an aircraft is important as ramp space at deployed airfields may be limited and the strength of the tarmac may also be an issue.
		The Air Force’s interest in the aircraft stretches as far back as 1990 when an initial study was undertaken which confirmed the aircraft would be suitable as a tanker.
	www.aviation-news.co.uk /Boeings767Tanker.html (1470 words)

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