Source: United States & Canada – South China Morning PostAn unmanned tanker aircraft has successfully refuelled a US Navy carrier-based fighter jet for the first time, the US Navy announced.A Boeing MQ-25 T1 Stingray test drone refuelled an F/A-18 Super Hornet on Friday near MidAmerica Airport in Mascoutah, Illinois, demonstrating that the new unmanned aircraft “can fulfil its tanker mission,” the US Navy said.Flying at operationally relevant speeds and altitudes, the F/A-18 flew as close as six metres (20 feet) behind the unmanned aerial-refuelling…Read More