The Vickers Armstrong VC10 and the RAF

Refuelling Aircraft

By the late 1970s, some of now obsolete aircraft were modified for air-to-air refuelling aircraft by British Aerospace on behalf of The RAF.

Air to Air refuelling is the process of transferring aviation fuel between two aircraft mid-flight. The VC10 uses the ‘Progue and Drogue method.’ The fuel carrier uses a long hose with a funnel-shaped drogue to plug into a probe on the VC10.