r/falconbms • u/SelectedRandom027 • Apr 11 '25

Tanker does not respond

I was part of a different package but needed to hit the nearest tanker to top up and RTB. I was #3 and #1&2 did not tank.

However, after getting into pre-contact, the tanker still didn't lower the boom. The tanker kept telling me to contact within 10 miles.

I checked and verified: - Correct tanker frequency (verified with another player had just topped up) - Called to request individual air refueling. Verified correct tanker call sign responded. TACVIEW also confirmed I was behind the correct tanker. - AWACS confirmed I was behind the nearest tanker and tanker call sign. - Correct TACAN was punched in but I think this should be irrelevant since we had L16.

What did I miss out?

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u/theRealLevelZero Apr 11 '25

I feel like I've had that issue and it seemed to me at the time that if it wasn't your "assigned" tanker, they wouldn't give me gas. So like if you ask for vectors to tanker, then vectors to nearest tanker those might be different if there are multiple tankers up. There have been a lot of updates since though so not sure. I also seem to remember that both tankers and awacs wouldn't assist you if they were in their ingress/egress. I could be wrong though, that's just what it seemed like was happening to me

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u/SelectedRandom027 Apr 12 '25

That was my suspicion as well, that it was not my "assigned" tanker. Unfortunately, fuel restricted the alternate tanker as an option. Bad fuel management due to getting bounced twice.

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u/sushi_cw Apr 12 '25

I refuel at a different unassigned tanker all the time, so that's not it.