1- REFUELLING  2- BOOMER  3- FIGHTERS

LARGE STORY                  IN 3 PARTS
 This article is in fact a 3 in 1 edition, concerning: 1- The Boomer profession, 2- Refuelling standardization and 
3- The Fighter exercise Frisian Flag in combination with eachother. A very large exercise in The Netherlands in 2014
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ARANYSAS Hungary publised our story about this large, 3 in 1 combined exercise...
... conducted by the Royal Dutch Airforce, Frisian Flag at Leeuwarden AFB, EART & Boomer at Eindhoven AFB
Follow us in these three parts in the next three pages of photographic impressions ?

PART 1 - REFUELLING

For many years Eindhoven AFB has been the scene of one of the largest planes in The Netherlands: The KDC-10  ....
 Here in action with a Dutch F-16 in the 'Boom' system...          (Credits picture Frank Crebas)
as you see here there are more systems such as the 'drogue. A Boom cannot work because of the rotorblades ...
F-16's approach on the left side, refuell, and leave on the right side of the tanker.
Dutch Aviation Media was able to join a refuelling flight with an American tanker in an AWACS plane. 
The picture shows our AWACS Sentry approaching the USAF tanker...
An AWACS seen from the Boomersplace coming in slowly. We show you various images from 'Seat-5' in our AWACS
The ANG tanker is coming nearer, and getting 'bigger'...
For civilians this is a marvellous sight ...
The Boom is coming in closer ...
You can see the boomer sit in his position to 'fly' the boom...
It almost seems to hit our windows ...
'Wave to the Boomer' while the fuel is transported to our AWACS   ;-))   ...
... The time for refuelling is very short, and the boom disconnects and retracts....
Wave 'bye bye' to the boomer  ...
The USAF tanker speeds up, and the AWACS Sentry lowers speed to build distance.
There he goes, end of operation.
Another example of refueeling is this 'Hose' system with an Italian tanker.
What a sight, two thirsty Rafales being refuelled...
... or this Boeing KC-135Q refueling an SR-71.
Another two refuelling images. There is an absolute need to standardize the different systems. 
Various tankers should be able to refuel all kinds of aircraft.
If you loose the tanker, you loose the mission !

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