Blinded by the Light!💡 - US Navy EA-18G Aerial Tanking off a KC-135 Stratotanker- Original Unedited

EA-18G cockpit view of tanking off the mighty KC-135 Stratotanker somewhere over Kuwait. Behold the Iron Maiden!

You will see that once my probe is connected to the Iron Maiden, I have to push the hose up to a ninety degree kink to get gas. The easy part is getting it in. The hard part is keeping it there.

The sun was also a factor in this evolution. Even with my visor down, it's difficult to look into the sun and hold your position while in a turn in the basket. Just had to do some of that pilot stuff.

Thanks for the gas, fellas! Enjoy your runway and per diem.

Fly Navy!

Chapters:
0:00 1NM in Trail of the Tanker
0:45 Pre-Contact
0:56 Contact
4:14 Tanker Turns Right
11:01 Blinded by the Light
11:13 Offload Complete

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