Military Aerial Refueling

Authorize aircraft to conduct aerial refueling along published or special tracks at their flight plan altitudes, unless otherwise requested.

1. Provide radar assistance to the rendezvous for participating aircraft:
   1. When requested, and
   2. By providing vertical separation prior to MARSA declaration.
2. Do not request receiver aircraft that have been cleared to conduct air refueling and have departed the ARIP to:
   1. Make code changes when less than 5 miles from the tanker.
   2. Squawk standby when less than 1 mile or more than 3 miles from the tanker.
3. When issuing an initial air refueling clearance, you may request a receiver to squawk standby when the receiver reaches a point 3 miles from the tanker.
4. After MARSA has been declared, you should avoid issuing course or altitude changes prior to rendezvous.
5. Do not use the altitude vacated during the refueling operation until the refueling aircraft has reported reaching the next IFR altitude.
6. Approve requests by the tanker pilot for vectors or alternative routes or altitudes as follows:
   1. Furnish vectors or alternative altitudes at any time.
   2. Furnish nonradar routes only after the refueling aircraft have passed the ARCP.
7. Unless a vector or alternative route has been furnished, clear the aircraft to depart the refueling track at a navigational reference point or egress fix.
8. Request an aircraft to report the ARIP, ARCP, or egress fix as necessary.
9. Expect the following procedures in addition to those required by the appropriate parts of Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations in the event of two‐way communications failure:
   1. The tanker will depart the track from the highest altitude in the block.
   2. The receiver will depart the track from the lowest altitude in the block.
   3. Aircraft will squawk 7600 for at least 2 minutes prior to departing the track.