Aerial Refueling Demonstration

An HC-130 tanker is escorted by two HH-60 Black Hawk helicopter in a CSAR demonstration at the USAF Academy in Colorado Springs, CO. The demonstration was partly for the enjoyment of the cadets there, and also for members of the 365th Fighter Group known as the 'Hell Hawks", of which I am a proud member. I am a relative of a pilot in the Hell Hawks who was killed during the Battle for Normandy in 1944. The group flies the famous P-47 Thunderbolt, which was one of the most successful fighters of the war.