Since all the news about KC 135 tankers out there, this is what they actually do. From the Tankers point of view

[mitch96]

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Not just filling up at the local gas station..Going fast while threading a needle
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/yBRVHnvsCw0

[flashman13]

1. I wonder if Hogsbreath knows there is a woman handling the joy stick?

I couldn't help but notice that the backseater seemed to be cool with the idea.

[GenThePerservering]

5. He'll probably demand she be fired

because she's doing something he could never do.

[flashman13]

6. That was my thought too. I hope we are both wrong.

I light of the crash of two C135s two days ago emphasizes the responsibility in the hands of the boom operator. On my best day I would not have wanted that responsibility.

[KT2000]

2. The first rollout

of this amazing plane was in 1955. They have been modified continually and still serve. In 1980 and in retirement from Boeing, my father's coworker saw him and said "can you believe those damn things are still flying?"

Amazing plane and amazing pilots.

[LearnedHand]

3. Oh dang that is SO COOL!!!

[drmeow]

4. My FIL flew them nt

[Warren_Pointe]

7. And they've been doing that for 60 years.

My dad flew out of Thule in Greenland in what was a top-secret extremely dangerous mission.
He has footage of refueling an SR-71 before it was acknowledged.