Air to Air Refueling
A2A refueling has always had its mysteries for me so I'm hoping that some knowledgable soul will help fill in a few blanks for me.
First and foremost can combat aircraft top up their underwing or drop tanks - or is this ability limited to certain types and not available on others.
Also, the average combat aircraft contains a number of tanks and simply filing each one in sequence could cause a dangerous shift in CoG - so is the pilot responsible for shuffling fuel around via a fuel panel (with resultant workload issues all while formation flying) or are the aircraft's internal systems capable of handling the redistribution requirements ?
Any info appreciated.