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AAR

Unique view from a trailing chase aircraft shows the undersides of two F/A-18 aircraft involved in NASA Dryden's Automated Aerial Refueling project.
 
Photo Number: EC03-0293-06
Photo Date: September 18, 2003
 
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Description:		 NASA Dryden's Automated Aerial Refueling (AAR) project evaluated the capability of an F/A-18A aircraft as an in-flight refueling tanker with the objective of developing analytical models for an automated aerial refueling system for unmanned air vehicles. The F/A-18 "tanker" aircraft (No. 847) underwent flight test envelope expansion with an aerodynamic pod containing air-refueling equipment carried beneath the fuselage. The second aircraft flew as the receiver aircraft during the study to assess the free-stream hose and drogue dynamics on the F/A-18A.
 
NASA Photo by: Carla Thomas
 
Keywords: F-18, F/A-18, AAR, Automated Aerial Refueling, tanker, hose, drogue
 
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