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Cool video shows British E-3D AEW aircraft refueling from U.S. KC-135 tanker over Iraq

Published on: March 28, 2016 at 7:00 PM

E-3 AEW (Airborne Early Warning) aircraft require aerial refuel to extend their on-station time.

The following video shows a U.S. KC-135 Stratotanker with the 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron, refueling a RAF E-3D Sentry over Iraq.

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Both aircraft were involved in missions in support of Operation Inherent Resolve and the fight against the terrorist group ISIL.

Even though E-3s perform AAR quite regularly, the size of both the refueler and the receiver make the operation a bit more difficult, at least according to Sentry pilots.

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A few years ago we posted a video of a NATO E-3A that almost hit the tail of the tanker and its flying boom during air-to-air refueling operations.

In that case, the AWACS came within a few meters from the KC-135 and performed a quite aggressive evasive maneuver pulling several negative g-forces to gain quick separation from the refueler.

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