F4E air to air refueling, impossible to contact KC135 MPRS

[airfede78]

Hello Pilots!

I've been trying to air-refuel with the Phantom for days now, but without success, because I can't contact the KC-135 at all.

Conditions:

Easy communications: OFF

In the mission editor, I place the tanker at 22,000 feet, 370 knots GS, adding some waypoints. I set the COM frequency, for example, 305.000 MHz UHF and set the TAC channel to 21Y.

I jump aboard, take off, and approach the tanker. Radar OFF, intercepting the tanker with the TACAN. On the radio, I select MANUAL and set the COM frequency to 305.000 MHz. I have green lights on both COM and NAV, with the volume set to maximum.

I get into close formation to the left of the tanker.

At this point, I open the communications menu, F6 contact the tanker, F1 intent to refuel. I transmit ".....Request rejoin" but from this point on, I get no response.

If I choose, for example, F-18 or F-16 for the same mission I created, everything works fine and I refuel without any problem.

Can you help me? Am I missing something? Am I doing something wrong on board the F-4E or in the mission editor? I look forward to your advice and thank you in advance.

[Ivandrov]

The MPRS unit in the mission editor does not use its boom at all. It only refuels with the drogues for Navy aircraft.

[airfede78]

So how do you create an air-to-air refueling mission flying the Phantom? Because other tankers don't have a boom.

[Ghostrider 147]

22 minutes ago, airfede78 said:

So how do you create an air-to-air refueling mission flying the Phantom? Because other tankers don't have a boom.

Use the ''normal'' KC-135, so the non-MPRS one. 

[airfede78]

Great! Thank you so much!