The US Air Force uses a flying boom system, where a long, thin tube extends from the tanker into a receptacle on the receiving aircraft. To begin, the pilots consider what they call altitude block ...

The US Air Force uses a flying boom system, where a long, thin tube extends from the tanker into a receptacle on the receiving aircraft. To begin, the pilots consider what they call altitude block ...

Nearly all internal fuel can be pumped through the flying boom, the KC-135's primary fuel transfer method. One crewmember, known as the boom operator, is stationed in the rear of the plane and ...

Supersonic flight means breaking the sound barrier, but there are some myths as to what pilots actually feel at Mach 1.

This refueling technique is called "flying boom". It's a difficult method that both aircrafts have to navigate. Here's how the mission is completed: The receiver aircraft approaches the tanker ...

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NASA has snapped a stunning image of a supersonic plane breaking the sound barrier – as its creators boast that there was “no audible sonic boom”. The Boom Supersonic XB-1 – dubbed a ...

We know what a sonic boom sounds like. But what does it look like? NASA, with help from the steady flying of Boom Supersonic chief test pilot Tristan “Geppetto” Brandenburg, just released a ...

NASA and Boom Supersonic just released an incredible ... "Thanks to Geppetto's exceptional flying and our partnership with NASA, we were able to capture this iconic image," Scholl continued.