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Range Extenders
Here's how fighter jets refuel while bombing ISIS
The ability to extend the flying range of the fighter jets is crucial.
THE US-LED coalition has dropped thousands of bombs on ISIS-held areas in Syria and Iraq this year.
In doing so, the ability to extend the flying range of the fighter jets is crucial.
To that, the force uses 50-year-old KC-135 Stratotankers to refuel while flying. The US Air Force recently released this series of photos taken during different missions to show how the refueling is carried out.
The shots show U.S. Navy F/A-18E/F Hornets, U.S. Air Force C-17s, F-15E Strike Eagles and E-3A Sentry, as well as French Air Force Rafales being refueled.
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