Una lectura interesante:
Confessions Of A USAF KC-135 'Flying Gas Station' Boom Operator
No es una lectura sobre A10C, pero este pasaje sí que me gusta y apoya la tesis que en CAS no hay otro aparato igual:
...One (se refiere a un F-16) was on the boom and the other was on the way to the boom when the call came in from a JTAC (Joint Terminal Air Controller) for close air support for troops under intense fire. The F-16 on the boom immediately disconnected, hit the brakes and rapidly dropped back about a hundred feet, popped off its external fuel tanks and took off like a bat out of hell with the burner lit. The other F-16 made it to us, topped off its tanks, and kept its externals on after fueling.
Since they had much less fuel on board now, we flew directly over the area where our troops were being attacked and stayed on station while they did bombing runs on the enemy. Eventually the A-10's that had scrambled out of Baghram Air Base arrived on scene and took care of everything...
Otro pasaje que muestra que en el refuelling no todo es "buen rollito":
Fighter pilots are also usually impatient. They come in very fast and they will "park" right where they are supposed to be. If you can't plug them, then they get all pissed off and the "fun" begins