X 47 B Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle 1st Inflight Refueling
The U. S. Navy s X47B unmanned combat air vehicle (UCAV) made aviation history by completing the first ever Autonomous Aerial Refueling (AAR) of an unmanned aircraft on April 22, 2015. While flying off the coast of Maryland and Virginia, the X47B connected to an Omega K707 tanker aircraft and received over 4, 000 pounds of fuel using the Navy s probeanddrogue method. This video also includes footage of launch and recovery of the X47B aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN71) on August
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