‘Hot-Pit Refueling Like Formula One’: US Air Force F-22 Raptors Keep Proving They Are Far More Than Just ‘Stealth Fighter’

‘Hot-Pit Refueling Like Formula One’: US Air Force F-22 Raptors Keep Proving They Are Far More Than Just ‘Stealth Fighter’

F-22 Raptors and MC-130J Commando IIs practiced hot-pit refueling at Kadena Air Base in Japan, transferring fuel from the tanker to a fighter with its engines still running. The technique cuts turnaround time in the way a Formula One pit stop does, and it is what keeps aircraft over a battlefield during sustained operations.