AERIAL REFUELING COULD EXTEND STEALTH DRONE FLIGHTS

摘要

MILITARY BLOG FOXTROT Alpha has obtained a pair of photographs that appear to show a US Air Force RQ-170 stealth drone linking up with an Air Force aerial tanker - possible evidence that the radar-deflecting, bat-wing RQ-170, which airmen have nicknamed 'Wraith', has the ability to refuel in mid-air. Gassing up during flight is a rare feat for a drone. The US Navy only recently proved that its own X-47B can do such a thing.