NATO Air- toAir Refuelling Update

1. NATOAir-toAir RefuellingUpdate Wing Commander Richard Wells, Royal Air Force NATO Air-to-Air Refuelling Coordination Cell, JAPCC

2. ATP-56 (B) Status Update Part 4 – Tilt-Rotor Procedures complete (and in format) as agreed by AFSOC/US Navy/USMC/HQ AMC/JAPCC. To be presented to NATO Military Committee Air Standardisation Board (MCASB) in Sep 2011 and incorporated in Change 3 to ATP-56(B). Updates to National Annexes include: Australia, Singapore, Spain and Multi-National Co-ordination Centre Europe (MCCE).

3. STANAG Update STANAG 3447 AAR Refuelling Equipment Probe Drogue Interface MCASB agreed to STANAG 3447 Edition 5 entering ratification under silence procedures once the Final Draft is converted to meet the requirements of AAP-3(J). Action: JAPCC converted to AAP-3(J) and ready for submission for ratification.

4. STANAG Update STUDY 7191 AAR Refuelling Equipment Boom Receptacle System and Interface MCASB approved Study 7191 to progress as a non-classified STANAG and in accordance with AAP-3(J) and the promulgation criteria to be set at nations with AAR capability or 14 positive ratifications. Action: JAPCC converted to AAP-3(J) format and ready for submission for ratification.

5. STANAG Update STANAG 7215 Signal Lights in Drogue AAR Equipment JAPCC converted to AAP-3(J) format and will be presented to MCASB on 13 Sep 11. Action: NATO Standardisation Agency (NSA)

6. STANAG Update STUDY 7218 Hose Colour and Markings in Hose and Drogue Systems MCASB agreed to Study 7218 (SD5) to progress as a STANAG and in accordance with AAP-3(J) and the (future) promulgation criteria to be set at nations with AAR capability or 14 positive ratifications. Further review in Sep 11. Action: JAPCC converted to AAP-3(J). Complete. Custodian and ARSAG to please review.

7. Feedback Wg Cdr Richard Wells wells@japcc.de Tel: +49 (0) 2824 90 2294 “Bottoms Up!”