Mid-Air Refueling

If you thought that pilots had reached their potential for accomplishing amazing feats, you haven't heard about mid-air refueling yet. Yes, that's right. One plane refuels another plane in the middle of a flight. This is accomplished when a plane (in this example the B-2) carefully flies close to the "boom", or long pipe that facilitates the transfer of fuel. This enables pilots to remain in the air for nearly 22 hours. Does it look hard to refuel in mid air? Well, it's even harder. The two planes must maintain the exact same flight path, altitude, speed, and distance between each other. It all must be held steady. This is only one example of the many unbelievable feats our pilots are doing every day to help preserve our freedom. These are the guys that should have all the glory.