Swing-wings, a sleek and flowing fuselage, and four big GE-F101 turbofans pointing out the back: the B-1B’s silhouette is ominous to say the least. That silhouette is exactly what a tanker crew saw after the “Bone” from their KC-135R Stratotanker, as seen in the video below.

Another cool part is seeing all the little pilot and fly-by-wire inputs on the control surfaces that allow the B-1 to stay in close formation with the tanker. Often times, when the B-1s are loaded down with munitions as well as fuel during combat, they have to engage two of the jet’s four afterburners to a certain degree in order to remain in place behind the tanker, as you can see in this awesome image from

It is considered one of the best jobs in the USAF, and you sure can't beat the office view.…

You can see what the view looks like from the B-1’s point of view during aerial refueling in .

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