{"id":258477,"date":"2025-07-28T14:31:14","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T04:31:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/australianaviation.com.au\/?p=1416964"},"modified":"2025-07-28T14:31:14","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T04:31:14","slug":"raaf-kc-30a-refuels-next-gen-f-15ex-eagle-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=258477","title":{"rendered":"RAAF KC-30A refuels next-gen F-15EX Eagle II"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"361\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHdpZHRoPSI2NDAiIGhlaWdodD0iMzYxIj48cmVjdCB3aWR0aD0iMTAwJSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxMDAlIj48YW5pbWF0ZSBhdHRyaWJ1dGVOYW1lPSJmaWxsIiB2YWx1ZXM9InJnYmEoMTUzLDE1MywxNTMsMC41KTtyZ2JhKDE1MywxNTMsMTUzLDAuMSk7cmdiYSgxNTMsMTUzLDE1MywwLjUpIiBkdXI9IjJzIiByZXBlYXRDb3VudD0iaW5kZWZpbml0ZSIgLz48L3JlY3Q+PC9zdmc+\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image wp-image-1416965 wp-post-1416964\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;\" data-public-id=\"Australian Aviation\/Technician_Corporal_Aisha_Norton-O_Donnell_inspects_the_Advanced_Refuelling_Boom_System_of_KC-30A_Defence_qasair.jpg\" data-format=\"jpg\" data-transformations=\"f_auto\" data-version=\"1753676872\" data-responsive=\"1\" data-size=\"1200 677\" data-delivery=\"upload\" onload=\";window.CLDBind?CLDBind(this):null;\" data-cloudinary=\"lazy\" \/>The manoeuvre took place as the Australian and US Air Forces conducted refuelling trials during March and April at Eglin Air Force Base, in Florida, and Base Edwards, in California.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The manoeuvre took place as the Australian and US Air Forces conducted refuelling trials during March and April at Eglin Air Force Base, in Florida, and Base Edwards, in California.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":1,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[273,312,11336,471],"tags":[472],"class_list":["post-258477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australia","category-aviation","category-headlines","category-news","tag-australian"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258477","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=258477"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258477\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":258478,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258477\/revisions\/258478"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=258477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=258477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=258477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}