hoodie - I must admit I didn't see the boom either when I looked at the pic - I suppose that the concept of a tanker fitted with both systems is pretty unusual, and as the hoses were deployed I didn't noticed the boom tucked away. Does this version have a centreline hose on a(n) HDU as well? Looks as though it has from the pic.
Could have been worse - Spain has had scarier bits of military hardware dropped on it in the past
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