Wingman and AI aircraft stall and crash when joining up with tanker

[Nix Mills]

I have an issue with AI aircraft - both wingman and separate groups - that when ordered to do air-to-air refuelling, they slow down and drop altitude until they hit the ground. It happens occasionally with F/A-18Cs, but I'm not sure about other aircraft types.

I'm not sure whether the issue pertains to the aircraft weight. Reducing the weight seems to some times work, but being heavy doesn't always seem to cause the issue. I'm perplexed. Anyone else having this problem?

[Exorcet]

Saw this a long time ago, thought it was fixed. Also with Hornets.

[Nix Mills]

nullIn this example, Tanker is in race track orbit at 25,000 ft.

Tanker is ordered to orbit at 0.52 mach. It is actually doing 0.46 mach, which I'm assuming is its max speed and is about 219 on the HUD when rejoining.

Wingman weight is about 40,000 to 42,000 lbs here. When ordered to rejoin, wingman slows down, speed and altitude gradually drop until hitting the ground. Wingman, however, will respond to a 'rejoin' command.

[rob10]

That's pretty slow for a KC-135MPRS.  Normally 270 kts (M0.6) or so.