Pumping JP-8 Jet Fuel Into Gigantic Bladders: Fuel Delivery With C-17
Aerial Vault Fuel Delivery crew members from the 379th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron, unload fuel from a C-17 Globemaster III with fuel bladders...
Pumping JP-8 Jet Fuel Into Gigantic Bladders: Fuel Delivery With C-17
2015年8月21日 · Aerial Vault Fuel Delivery crew members from the 379th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron, unload fuel from a C-17 Globemaster III with fuel bladders. Credits: Senior Airman Andrew Walck | U.S. Air Forces Central Command Public Affairs
POL drives ACE during Exercise Mobility Guardian
2021年5月23日 · The ABFDS, a portable 3,000-gallon fuel bladder, can be loaded on a C-130J Super Hercules, C-5 Galaxy, or C-17 Globemaster III and transported anywhere around the world. A fighter, helicopter or ground vehicle simply pulls next to the respective aircraft and receives fuel while engines remain on, allowing them to quickly refuel and carry on ...
82nd TRW POL puts fuel bladder prototype to the test
2024年2月21日 · A fuel bladder prototype is pumped with 3,000 gallons of water at the 82nd Training Wing petroleum, oil and lubricants schoolhouse on January 24, 2024, at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas. This prototype is the latest effort …
Airmen deliver fuel for flight > U.S. Air Forces Central > Display
The fuel bladders, made of rubber and self sealing, can withstand small arms fire and maintain atmospheric pressure in case of a change of air pressure in flight. The bladders also have an air eliminator vent system so that any vapors built up in the bladder are expended outside the aircraft to lessen the chance of an explosion.
MG ‘19 Airmen fill fuel bladder in U.S. for the first time
2019年9月12日 · A C-17 Globemaster III from Charleston Air Force Base, South Carolina, taxis by after a Fuels Operational Readiness Capability Equipment mobile fuel bladder, which is used to refuel aircraft and mobile fuel trucks, received about 8,000 gallons of fuel from a truck during Air Mobility Command’s premier large-scale mobility exercise, Mobility ...
How to Move 9,000 Gallon of Jet Fuel: C-17 Hauling Fuel Bladders
2015年5月8日 · Members of the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron and the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing, along with Air Force Raven support, conduct aerial operations onboa...
US Airmen Securing Massive Jet Fuel Bladders Inside US C-17 …
Welcome back to the Daily Aviation for a feature on the dangerous operation of transporting aviation fuel in fuel bladders, loaded onto the cargo bay of the ...
Deployed fuels flight makes airlift delivery - Air Force
2006年2月15日 · While C-5 Galaxy aircraft and C-17 Globemaster IIIs can both haul bladders, C-130s are predominantly used to haul them here. In addition to prepping and filling the bladder, Sergeant Busbee and Airman Roberts must load and operate the pumping module used to fill and empty the bladder.
C-17s on other end of refueling mission - Air Mobility Command
2005年3月3日 · During the four days of refueling, eight C-17s ferried in 313,000 pounds of extra fuel. Of significance to this mission tasking is that none of the aircraft had to carry less cargo in order to handle the extra fuel. We air-refueled to either the landing weight capacity of the C-17 or the capacity of the tanker to off load fuel. This ended up ...