Streaming Fuel / Bad Seal - KC-135 Rundown - US Navy EA-18G Cockpit View Aerial Tanking - Unedited

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

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.

Around time 2:43, you see the seal around the drogue compromise and fuel begins to stream down the right side of my canopy and into my right intake. Fuel in the motor is normally good; however, fuel into the front of the motor is very bad. Immediately, I am hit with tear gas-like fumes from the bleed air system. It becomes difficult for me to keep my watering eyes open, so I turn off bleed air from the right motor. After a few moments, we are back in business.

Got my gas, now on to supporting the troops! Put it on my tab.

Fly Navy!

Chapters:
0:00 1NM in Trail of the Tanker
1:20 Pre-Contact
1:27 Contact
2:43 Streaming Fuel
6:16 Tanker Turns
12:23 Offload Complete

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