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Why do Air Force jets and Navy jets have different fueling receptacles ?
Interoperability in times of war seems like a pretty important thing if you need to rotate Navy birds through USAF bases.
So why is the ground fueling receptacle (note - NOT the air to air refueling probe) on Navy jets different than the one the Air Force uses, that just seems stupid ?
3 Answers
- Dennis FLv 76 years ago
They ALL refuel the same on the ground, Through a standard SPR (single point refueling). Most large commercial aircraft use the same.
in flight it is different. AF uses flying boom and receptacle. Navy uses probe and drogue.
AF tankers have the capability to use a hose and drogue if they need to refuel Navy or other aircraft with a probe.
Helicopters use probe and drogue also. 130 tankers use hose with drogue to refuel aircraft.
Source(s): Retired AF SNCO, Instructor Flight Engineer. - Anonymous6 years ago
A Navy jet is designed to operate at sea and be able to land, refuel and take off of carriers. An AF jet is not.
- 6 years ago
As explained to me, because the AF built the boom system to support SAC aircraft (that is, nuclear-capable bombers) and worked from there, while the Navy probe and drogue system was always built around smaller, tactical aircraft (eg carrier-launched single-engine fighters).
Source(s): Active-duty US Navy