U.S. Navy Blue Angels Air Refueling

The Blue Angels F/A-18 Hornets is the United States Navy’s flight demonstration squadron which was initially formed in 1946, making it the second oldest formal aerobatic team (under the same name) in the world.

Aerial refueling, also referred to as air refueling, in-flight refueling (IFR), air-to-air refueling (AAR), and tanking, is the process of transferring aviation fuel from one military aircraft (the tanker) to another (the receiver) during flight. The two main refueling systems are probe-and-drogue, which is simpler to adapt to existing aircraft, and the flying boom, which offers faster fuel transfer, but requires a dedicated boom operator station.

Credit: U.S. Air Force Video by TSgt Michael McGhee, and A1C Amy Younger