Videos show what it's like watching British Typhoon and Swedish Gripen jets refuel at 30,000 feet

Videos show what it's like watching British Typhoon and Swedish Gripen jets refuel at 30,000 feet

A Typhoon fighter jet approaches a fuel hose.Rachel Cohn/Business InsiderBusiness Insider joined a British Voyager tanker to see it refuel fighter jets over Eastern Europe.Videos show how close the fighter jets get to the tanker aircraft during the refueling process.Midair refueling is a dangerous maneuver, but it enables longer-distance air operations.IN ESTONIAN AIRSPACE — For most people cruising along at 30,000 feet, it's pretty unusual to l…