At the request of a U.S. Navy strike squadron, a team of Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division F/A-18E/F aerial refueling engineers recently expedited a clearance to allow Super Hornets to use the Centerline Drogue System on Air Force KC-46A Pegasus tankers. From left to right: Seth Shaw, Jim Payne, Mike Nowotny, Tom Cavallaro, Tyler Pegg, Nick Bartlett, Chris Nickell, Maj. Daniel Johnson, and Lt. Chad “Nature Boy” Henderson. (U.S. Navy photo by Erik Hildebrandt)

At the request of a U.S. Navy strike squadron, a team of Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division F/A-18E/F aerial refueling engineers recently expedited a clearance to allow Super Hornets to use the Centerline Drogue System on Air Force KC-46A Pegasus tankers. From left to right: Seth Shaw, Jim Payne, Mike Nowotny, Tom Cavallaro, Tyler Pegg, Nick Bartlett, Chris Nickell, Maj. Daniel Johnson, and Lt. Chad “Nature Boy” Henderson. (U.S. Navy photo by Erik Hildebrandt)