{"id":1306,"date":"2013-09-08T18:54:13","date_gmt":"2013-09-08T18:54:13","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2013-09-08T18:54:13","modified_gmt":"2013-09-08T18:54:13","slug":"bell-boeing-v-22-osprey-deploys-refueling-equipment-flight-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/news\/news-release\/bell-boeing-v-22-osprey-deploys-refueling-equipment-flight-test\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey Deploys Refueling Equipment in Flight Test"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5;\">Photo:&nbsp;<\/span>An F\/A-18C Hornet flies just behind and to the side of a Bell Boeing V-22 <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\\wp-content\\uploads\/image005_11.jpg\" width=\"283\" height=\"189\" align=\"right\" alt=\"\" \/>equipped with a prototype aerial refueling system during a demonstration flight in late Aug.<\/p>\n<div>The Bell Boeing V-22 Program, a strategic alliance between Bell Helicopter Textron Inc. and Boeing, has successfully completed an initial test of the V-22 Osprey performing as an aerial refueling tanker. Adding this capability to the tiltrotor aircraft would further advance its versatility in combat, humanitarian and ship-based operations.<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>In the August demonstration over north Texas, a V-22 equipped with a prototype aerial refueling system safely deployed, held stable, and retracted the refueling drogue as an F\/A-18C and an F\/A-18D Hornet flew just behind and to the side of the aircraft.<\/div>\n<p><!--break--><\/p>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&ldquo;Adding aerial refueling tanker capability to the V-22 will enable operators to execute a wider variety of missions with greater flexibility and autonomy,&rdquo; said Vince Tobin, Bell Boeing V-22 program director. &ldquo;This will save time and money by maximizing the efficient use of aircraft and personnel.&rdquo;<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>Future Bell Boeing tests will put aircraft in a fuel-receiving position directly behind the V-22, connect receiver aircraft with the refueling drogue and, ultimately, refuel a variety of aircraft in flight. The V-22 is a combat-proven tiltrotor that can fly horizontally at high speeds and high altitudes like an airplane, and take off and land vertically like a helicopter.<\/div>\n<div class=\"field_attachment\">\n<div><b>Attachment:<\/b><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"\/\"><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo:&nbsp;An F\/A-18C Hornet flies just behind and to the side of a Bell Boeing V-22 equipped with a prototype aerial refueling system during a demonstration flight in late Aug. The Bell Boeing V-22 Program, a strategic alliance between Bell Helicopter Textron Inc. and Boeing, has successfully completed an initial test of the V-22 Osprey performing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":5276,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[90],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1306","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-release"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/\\wp-content\\uploads\/image005_11.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1306","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1306"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1306\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}