July 19, 201510 yr I'm interested if people know the 'in reality' situation, can some aero-tankers accept fuel from other tankers and if so which ones? While harpoon doesn't do this, if it occurs in reality then I can add the function to an 'advanced' refuel control (via an exportDLL library) the catch being that I'll need to include data within the dll regarding what can be refuelled. I'm guessing the likes of super hornets in tanker loadout would be able to refuel from larger tankers and thus provide a further top up for an accompanied strike group without the large vulnerable tanker going into contested air space.
July 19, 201510 yr Yes, a tanker can refuel another tanker. Typically between tankers equipped for boom type refueling.
July 20, 201510 yr Was this done during the famous Vulcan raid on the Falklands? Yes, Victor tankers refueled each other.
July 25, 201510 yr Author In my test program at home the way I'm going at the moment is to "allocate" a quantity of refuel supply to the tanker carrying it. This seems to be working OK. It means that say a pair of F14 in tanker load out can get further than their normal ~ 1500 nm with the corresponding loss of available refuel. I'm purely guessing that a tanker can pump fuel from the refuel tanks to their own tanks to burn in their own engines. Good guess or bad?
July 25, 201510 yr I'm purely guessing that a tanker can pump fuel from the refuel tanks to their own tanks to burn in their own engines. Good guess or bad? Yes, it was a good guess.
July 25, 201510 yr Author I'm purely guessing that a tanker can pump fuel from the refuel tanks to their own tanks to burn in their own engines. Good guess or bad? Yes, it was a good guess. A little more tinker and test and I"ll upload it.
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