Ep 12 Explained | हवा में उड़ते हुए लड़ाकू जहाज ईंधन कैसे भरवाते हैं | Rafale | Mid Air Refueling | F-16
Photographs trickled of the Indian Air Force’s first batch of 5 Rafale jets getting some gas mid-air over the Mediterranean Sea on Monday on their seven-hour ferry flight from Merignac, France to the Al Dhafra air base in UAE. Two French Air Force Airbus A330 Multirole Tanker Transports (MRTT) kept the fighters fueled for the long first leg. While one of the tankers landed at Al Dhafra along with the Rafales, the second continued east to India’s capital Delhi to unload a cargo of Covid19 equipment, including ventilators. This kind of mid air refueling is so tough and requires impeccable track record. How pilots do such dangerous menovour. Let's find out.
