X-47B Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle • 1st Inflight Refueling

The U.S. Navy’s X-47B unmanned combat air vehicle (UCAV) made aviation history by completing the first ever Autonomous Aerial Refueling (AAR) of an unmanned aircraft on April 22, 2015. While flying off the coast of Maryland and Virginia, the X-47B connected to an Omega K-707 tanker aircraft and received over 4,000 pounds of fuel using the Navy’s probe-and-drogue method. This video also includes footage of launch and recovery of the X-47B aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) on August