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JET REPERAGE [1 record]

Record 1 2002-03-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Operations (Air Forces)
DEF

In air-to-air refuelling, a means of providing visual detection of a nearby aircraft. In practice this is achieved by the donor aircraft dumping fuel and/or the receiver aircraft selecting afterburners, if so equipped.

OBS

squirt: term and definition standardized by NATO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Opérations (Forces aériennes)
DEF

En opérations de ravitaillement en vol, moyen de faciliter le contact visuel entre aéronefs. En pratique, cela se fait par un largage de carburant par l'aéronef ravitailleur ou par l'allumage de la postcombustion par l'aéronef à ravitailler, s'il en est équipé.

OBS

jet de repérage : terme et définition normalisés par l'OTAN.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Operaciones (Fuerzas aéreas)
DEF

En el abastecimiento en vuelo, es un medio de localización visual de un avión que se aproxima. En la práctica consiste en un chorro de combustible que lanza el avión nodriza o la creación de explosiones a la salida del motor si el avión está preparado para ello.

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