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AviatorAndy In reply to ForsakenOutlaw [2016-06-07 20:08:11 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!  I appreciate that you liked the video.

To answer your question, Yes the 22's call up to us prior to our rendezvous and inform us of the amount of gas they need.  We typically have a scheduled offload days prior but that changes with how much they actually flew/fought before the hook up with the tanker.
In addition, this video was particularly quiet during refueling mostly because I was still new.  I have the ATC radio toggled off (you can still hear some at the beginning very faint in the background) since it's distracting and the pilots can inform me of any changes to pass on to the receivers.  Also, we have an inter-phone system we can use to talk to the pilot who is in contact but I was not using it.  This allows us to talk to them and have casual conversations and the comms aren't transmitted outside the two aircraft.

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ForsakenOutlaw In reply to AviatorAndy [2016-06-09 00:34:39 +0000 UTC]

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AviatorAndy In reply to Vuduvince [2014-08-18 05:16:05 +0000 UTC]

I have an piece that plugs into my Go Pro's mic jack which then connects to my headset and directly into the jet.  Depending on the kind of camera you have (or which Go Pro if you have it, the hero, hero 2, or 3) I found the piece on crazedpilot.com.

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Vuduvince In reply to AviatorAndy [2014-08-25 04:58:11 +0000 UTC]

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