TURBULENCE! - Rough Day Tanking - EA-18G Cockpit View Aerial Refueling - CC-150 - Original Unedited

This was a rough day tanking off a NATO Canadian CC-150 somewhere over Iraq. At the beginning of the video, I am in starboard observation, waiting for the tanker to deploy its drogues. Once cleared, I proceed to precontact right.

After contact, however, the boom operator directs me to disconnect, so he can troubleshoot a "low flow" issue. Fuel was not flowing to my jet at a normal rate.

After I back out, I try to reengage the drogue on the tanker's starboard wing for about three minutes. As you can see, the basket was moving around too much for me to connect safely. As I grow increasingly frustrated, I noticed that the drogue on the port wing was not moving nearly as much as the one on the starboard side, so I ask the boom operator if I can switch sides.

After cleared to precontact left, I finally contact the port drogue. I was able to stay in the basket, get my gas, then support troops on the ground.

The evolution took longer than it should have, but I'm glad I got my gas and didn't make any dangerous plays for the basket. I earned my paycheck today.

Fly Navy!

Chapters:
0:00 Starboard Observation
1:29 Pre-Contact
1:41 Contact
2:31 Backing Out
3:39 ROUGH DAY!
6:44 Switching Sides
7:08 Pre-Contact
7:20 MORE ROUGH DAY!
8:50 Contact

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