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(aeronautics) Pertaining to a method of aerial refuelling whereby a probe from the receiving aircraft fits into a trailing hose with drogue attachment from a tanker aircraft..
Use probe-and-drogue when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Probe-and-drogue means (aeronautics) Pertaining to a method of aerial refuelling whereby a probe from the receiving aircraft fits into a trailing hose with drogue attachment from a tanker aircraft..
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