Nimrod recce of Argentine coast 1982

[Beeayeate]

In 1954/55, a Canberra was the first British jet to be fitted with AAR equipment as a tanker. This was B.2 WH734 on loan to FLR by MoS. With a hose drum unit fitted in the bomb bay, initial trials were carried out with a Meteor F8 as the receiver. WH734 later had a nose probe fitted to test a "buddy-buddy" AAR system with another Canberra, WK143. This Canberra trialed a pod-fitted HDU as well as one in the bomb bay. Both aircraft were eventually converted to TT.18 target tug configuration.

Shame the trials were discontinued though as the Canberras would have made an excellent tactical tanker and the RAF/MoD could have then used all those redundant B.2 airframes that were then becoming available.