B1706 - Air to air refueling allows all aircraft in a flight to refuel together, regardless of flight size
Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2025 12:04 pm
YAAARB (Yet Another Air-Air Refuelling Bug) 
I noticed this one yesterday after playing thewoods save of wooden leg
Summary:
Tankers (atleast KC707) will allow an unlimited (?) atleast up to 20! aircraft to simultaneously refuel if they are assigned to a single flight.
Steps to reproduce:
Option 1: Load the attached scenario, burn a little bit of fuel off the pre-created flight and then get them to refuel on the tanker. Observe flights fuel levels (all aircraft refuel together).
Option 2: Create a flight of aircraft, request that they refuel from a tanker and observe fuel levels.
Observed results:
- All aircraft assigned to a flight can refuel simultaneously. Tanker offload rate can be immense (~440kg/s with 20 aircraft - I'm not sure what the offload rate is in real life)
Expected results:
- Number of aircraft that can simultaneously refuel is dependent on tanker configuration e.g. 1 boom = 1 aircraft can refuel.
I noticed this one yesterday after playing thewoods save of wooden leg
Summary:
Tankers (atleast KC707) will allow an unlimited (?) atleast up to 20! aircraft to simultaneously refuel if they are assigned to a single flight.
Steps to reproduce:
Option 1: Load the attached scenario, burn a little bit of fuel off the pre-created flight and then get them to refuel on the tanker. Observe flights fuel levels (all aircraft refuel together).
Option 2: Create a flight of aircraft, request that they refuel from a tanker and observe fuel levels.
Observed results:
- All aircraft assigned to a flight can refuel simultaneously. Tanker offload rate can be immense (~440kg/s with 20 aircraft - I'm not sure what the offload rate is in real life)
Expected results:
- Number of aircraft that can simultaneously refuel is dependent on tanker configuration e.g. 1 boom = 1 aircraft can refuel.