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  • noun Plural form of refueller.

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Examples

  • Indian Express Pak to induct 4 Chinese airborne refuellers Pakistan Air force plans to induct four Chinese airborne refullers next year, in a move to counter the Indian Air Forces 'enhanced capabilities after New Delhi acquired six similar aircraft, the PAF chief has said.

    India News Digest: We Can Handle Drought, Says Government 2009

  • The cooks, security guys, refuellers, communications people, watch officers, supply people, air-traffic controllers and health specialists -- all the people who were not part of the flying squadron and their maintenance crew -- these people generally came from different parts of the Air Force and were cobbled together for the first time on these deployments there were some previously formed units, but not many.

    Politics in the air 2007

  • He finished the refuelling, checked that the two wing tank-caps were screwed on tight and then, having with my help pushed the little white aeroplane a short distance from the pumps (a small courtesy to other refuellers) he methodically walked around the whole machine, intoning his checklist to himself as he touched each vital part.

    Second Wind Francis, Dick 1999

  • Ottawa sent a warship, seven CF-18 fighter-bombers, several air-to-air refuellers and a pair of Aurora surveillance aircraft as well as scores of targeters and other command and control personnel.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed PAUL KORING 2011

  • Seven CF-18s have been allocated for the mission, though only six of them fly in the day and night sorties, along with two Polaris air refuellers 2.5 million litres of gas expended already and two CP-140 Aurora long-range surveillance aircraft.

    Thestar.com - Home Page Rosie DiManno 2011

  • Ottawa sent a warship, seven CF-18 fighter-bombers, several air-to-air refuellers and a pair of Aurora surveillance aircraft as well as scores of targeters and other command and control personnel.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed PAUL KORING 2011

  • Ottawa sent a warship, seven CF-18 fighter-bombers, several air-to-air refuellers and a pair of Aurora surveillance aircraft as well as scores of targeters and other command and control personnel.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed PAUL KORING 2011

  • Australia's flagship carrier is facing a strike from staff including pilots, engineers, baggage handlers and refuellers over hotly contested job security provisions, reports the Herald Sun.

    NEWS.com.au | Top Stories 2011

  • Ottawa sent a warship, seven CF-18 fighter-bombers, several air-to-air refuellers and a pair of Aurora surveillance aircraft as well as scores of targeters and other command and control personnel.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed PAUL KORING 2011

  • Washington/Paris: US firm Northrop Grumman has pulled out of a partnership with Europe's EADS over a disputed $35-billion contract to build aerial refuellers for the

    WN.com - Articles related to Germany Suffers a Fit of Willfulness 2010

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