AERIAL REFUELING BOOM AND BOOM PIVOT

摘要

An aerial refueling boom may include a refueling boom assembly (100) and a pivot assembly (102) for attaching the aerial refueling boom to a tanker aircraft (106). The refueling boom assembly includes a main boom section (126) and a hollow telescoping boom section (104). The hollow telescoping boom section is adapted to be moved between a retracted position within the main boom section and an extended position extending from the main boom section for in-flight refueling of an aircraft. The pivot assembly includes an aircraft attachment plate (108) to attach the pivot assembly to the tanker aircraft and a refueling boom attachment plate (110) to attach the refueling boom assembly to the pivot assembly. The pivot assembly also includes a plurality of actuators (112) pivotably coupling the aircraft attachment plate to the refueling boom attachment plate.