
In historic first, Turkish tanker aircraft refuels NATO’s AWACS jet at night
A Turkish tanker aircraft conducted air-to-air refueling during nighttime for the first time in NATO'S history. The Turkish Defense Ministry on Wednesday shared a video on its social media account which shows the moments of mid-air refueling over Romania. “NATO's E-3A AWACS aircraft, taking off from Germany and serving within the scope of Assurance Measures, was refueled over Romania with KC-135R tanker aircraft belonging to our Air Force.'
