Tankers (the airplane kind)

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The other day, I tried my hand at creating a AAR mission and all went well until, in testing, I called for a rejoin (from a Hornet) and got a good response from the KC-135 except for one thing: I had set the racetrack altitude to 11,000 and the speed at 300 kts. Sure enough, the tanker was at 11,000 following the course but at a speed of 250 kts KIAS.

 

So, I assumed that the setting of 300 kts isn't being calculated correctly. I'm told it's been that way for years. Is there a way for me, building a mission, to get that tanker to fly at 300 kts KIAS (or whatever I need the speed to be)?

 

And what's with the need to fly at a banked angle just to get into the basket? It would be okay if it was consistent but, my god, it's like balancing a broom stick on your nose! And yes, I know about turbulence and the jet wash but, have you ever seen any AAR video that shows that kind of fight? (And, no, I don't have a problem with my HOTAS and all my corrections are enough to fly loops with pilots flying the Blue Angels.)