[Video] B-2 Stealth Bomber refuels over UK

June 21, 2014 Military Aviation

David Cenciotti

Interesting footage of Air-to-Air Refueling of a B-2 from a KC-135.

As already explained, +20-hour missions, routinely flown by B-2 stealth bombers from Whiteman Air Force Base or RAF Fairford in UK (during an unusual overseas deployment), require several aerial refuelings.

Here’s how refueling a Spirit stealth bomber looks like from the KC-135 boomer’s point of view.

The video was filmed on Jun. 14 from a KC-135 of the 100th ARW (Air Refueling Wing) from RAF Mildenhall, over Corwall, England.

[Photo] U.S. B-2 stealth bomber suffers bird strike while landing at UK base

About David Cenciotti

David Cenciotti is a journalist based in Rome, Italy. He is the Founder and Editor of “The Aviationist”, one of the world’s most famous and read military aviation blogs. Since 1996, he has written for major worldwide magazines, including Air Forces Monthly, Combat Aircraft, and many others, covering aviation, defense, war, industry, intelligence, crime and cyberwar. He has reported from the U.S., Europe, Australia and Syria, and flown several combat planes with different air forces. He is a former 2nd Lt. of the Italian Air Force, a private pilot and a graduate in Computer Engineering. He has written five books and contributed to many more ones.