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It would be nice if the KC-135 could have a setting to take off with a basket attached to the boom instead of the normal (insert proper name here) so that it could refuel aircraft like the M-2000C. It would work great if it was an option like the UH-1 IR Suppressor check.

 

This...

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...to this!

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Anyone else feeling me here??

 

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That sounds like a really good solution to what is about to be a very big issue with the sheer volume of Naval aircraft coming into the scene. +1 for this!

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Or the KC-135 just needs the wing pods

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or a KC-10

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^ I've been saying we need the MPRS pods on the 135. Now with a flyable probe jet, and the upcoming F-14 and F-18, it's almost mandatory.

 

...a basket attached to the boom instead of the normal (insert proper name here)...

For gee whiz; the normal part is a nozzle, the basket is called a drogue, and the MPRS pods have a paradrouge.

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Yep, this is badly needed, hope to see it at some stage in the future. The S3 is the only aircraft that can do this in-game so far and it's out of service in real life. Would be nice to have a USAF or French Air Force KC-135 with a drogue. The latter would add some more realism to upcoming Mirage missions/campaigns.

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Shouldn't it also be possible to refuel an M-2000C behind an IL-78?

 

Last I checked the probe and drogue works for any aircraft regardless of country of origin. So at the moment the IL-76M can handle tanking needs for every aircraft that uses that method. The S-3B is the only other aircraft capable of refueling via drogue, but its not exactly meant to fill the tanks up. Its more of a splash and dash so you don't splash into the ocean before a carrier landing.

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I remember when I was about 16 seeing 6 135r's with the refuel hose on the probe tip. Was around the time the b52's were bombing Bosnia.

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