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Every day the RAF operates flying petrol stations. Refuelling tankers, flying from RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire, patrol Britain's skies topping up military aircraft on missions.
Transferring thousands of gallons of fuel 20,000 feet in the air and flying at 400 miles an hour takes co-ordination and precision from the pilots.
This is a typical day at one of Britain's flying petrol stations.
Every day the RAF operates flying petrol stations. Refuelling tankers, flying from RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire, patrol Britain's skies topping up military aircraft on missions.
Transferring thousands of gallons of fuel 20,000 feet in the air and flying at 400 miles an hour takes co-ordination and precision from the pilots.
This is a typical day at one of Britain's flying petrol stations.