With the Marine Corps
reportedly on the verge of signing a production contract for the V-22 Aerial Refueling System first tested in
August 2013, the question comes to mind: what preceded the Osprey as the first rotorcraft AAR/IFR tanker?
The
CH/MH-47 Fat Cow has the refueling element down pat, but only on the ground.
An AStar was used for an in-flight refueling of a microlight during a trans-Mediterranean flight in 1984, albeit with a less-than-stellar transfer rate (37 gal tanked in 8½ minutes):
(Jump to time index 10 min 44 sec)
Any others?
I/C