What does «reabastecimiento de combustible en vuelo» mean in Spanish?
- Air-to-air refueling includes the techniques, resources and operations to refuel aircraft in flight. It extends the range of aircraft without refueling, acts as a force multiplier, and provides other operational benefits for military aviation. Aircraft built expressly for refueling, or permanently modified for refueling service, are referred to as tankers, although they also have cargo-carrying capabilities; tankers are not refueled, but simply have supplemental tanks. The most common modern method of refueling is the probe-and-drogue method, in which the tanker follows one or more hoses (usually two), each of which terminates in a basket, an aerodynamically stabilized cone containing a fuel valve and a connector that accepts a probe from the aircraft being refueled. When the probe makes positive contact and engages the dope valve, fuel can flow.