One hundred years ago, on June 27, 1923, Airmen flying a pair of lumbering DH-4 biplanes proved that the impossible was possible. After fuel proved the culprit for limiting time in flight, these Airmen connected their aircraft together with a gravity hose, something just a little larger than a garden hose, and transferred 75 gallons of fuel. This successfully completed the first aerial refueling. While that moment a century ago is easy to miss, it continues to live large today as it set the course for aerial refueling, a capability that shifted history and remains an essential necessity for today’s military aircraft and the defense of our nation. The tanker fleet has been entwine
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