What Air-To-Air Refuelling Looks Like In The Night Skies

What Air-To-Air Refuelling Looks Like In The Night Skies

Ever wondered what air-to-air refuelling looked like up in the night skies? Thanks to the UK’s Royal Air Force we can show you: this is what a Lockheed C-130 Hercules crew sees when refuelling at night. So, quite a lot like Tron, then.

Picture: Cpl Neil Bryden/Royal Air Force/Facebook

Bonus daytime shot:

What Air-To-Air Refuelling Looks Like In The Night Skies

A Hercules C130K and VC10 from 1312 Flight, Mount Pleasant Airfield. Practice Air to Air refuelling in the skies above the Falkland Islands.

Picture: Crown/MoD


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