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Originally posted by arabiancowboy:
Fighter guys: why are there two different type of refueling pods? Seems like the dumbest thing ever. Joint fight is how we win, brining everyone together to compliment our services strengths and offset our weaknesses. Lack of standardized refueling is antithetical to joint fighting, what am I missing?


Navy pilots like pitching.

USAF pilots like catching.

Wink

Just kidding, well sort of.

One benefit of the Navy system is 2 aircraft can refuel at the same time and the system is usable by smaller aircraft as tankers and no 'boomer' is required to 'stick' the hose in the receptacle.
 
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