the KC-135's primary fuel transfer method. One crewmember, known as the boom operator, is stationed in the rear of the plane and controls the boom during in-flight air refueling. A special ...

He evaluates pilots who have trained on the KC-135 Stratotanker ... at which point the boom operator, they are directing the receiver at that point to close in for the contact.

Lacy Pickett, KC-46 demo team boom operator in a story published by the ... Noteworthy, the U.S. Air Force has a KC-135 Demonstration Team based at Fairchild Air Force Base, WA.