Agreed...refueling of the short hose drogue on the KC-135 could be tricky..indeed I know someone
who dented the intake ramp of an F-4 when they got the kink in the the short hosed drogue of the KC-135 wrong. The hose whipped round and clobbered the fixed, forward portion of the intake ramp...gave the back seater a shock, I understand he said
As for doing it with a Vulcan or a Victor
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