Message posted by Jon on October 06, 2020 at 23:46:34 PST:

Looks like things got a tad hectic, glad to see that all would appear to be well. I must admit I'm a little surprised to see F-35B's refuelling from a KC-130J. Would it not be the case that the F-35 would be close to stalling speed while the KC-130 would be going pretty much flat out? Having read quite a few accounts of the development of in-flight refuelling here in the UK (As well as missions where refuelling has been absolutely critical such as the Black Buck missions from Ascension to the Falklands) the speed difference doesn't seem to give much room for manouver in the case of a mishap.

In Reply to: KC-130 / F-35B mid-air collision video posted by Joerg (Webmaster) on October 01, 2020 at 11:59:11 PST:

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